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INTERNET
EDITORIAL//
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OUT THERE
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highlights for
March, plus
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OUTREACH
The Metro Centre,
Student Pride and
community listings
– plus fostering in
Wandsworth
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LETTERS
Send emails to
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HUDSON’S LETTER
I know that we can’t
rely on The Daily Mail
for balanced reporting
when it comes to gay
issues, but the paper has
recently sunk to new
depths on the subject
of gay adoption. If you
haven’t been following the
story, a couple of children
in Scotland were recently
placed with a gay couple
for adoption. The children’s
mother is a heroin
addict, and their elderly
grandparents were judged
by social services to not be
best suited to raising them.
This predictably prompted
an onslaught from the
Daily Mail, which viciously
attacked the council’s
decision and the very
notion of gay adoption.
One columnist labelled gay
people “selfish” for wanting
to adopt. Selfish? Giving up
countless time, finances,
and energy to give a child a
home, to try and give them
the very best start in life…
that’s selfish?
In the interests of balance,
we asked a representative
from Wandsworth
Adoption and Fostering
to write us a feature this
month (pg.76) explaining
exactly what they’re
seeking when looking for
foster carers and adopters,
and why they – along with
other councils across the UK
– believe that gay people
make excellent carers.
Elsewhere this month, and
because we know many
of you are anxious about
job security, we’ve got
an extended recruitment
section – with details
about careers in the police
and Home Office, amongst
others. We catch up with
Kelly Clarkson, review the
great new Pet Shop Boys
album, review the latest
films and theatre, plus
bring you all the essential
diary dates for London over
the coming month.
Enjoy – and keep sending
us your feedback.
[email protected]
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MY LONDON
Tasty Tim gives us his
capital highlights
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XXL
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SHOPPING
Boys On Film and
Kuyichi denim
PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON
talks about new album PAGE 83
Easy Come Easy Go
RECRUITMENT
Working and studying
PAGE 28
at Newham College,
FILM
plus careers in the
The Young Victoria,
Home Office and police
Hush and Bronson
reviewed
PAGE 88
PROPERTY
Living in Kentish Town,
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THEATRE
plus Carrington House
Spring Awakening
HomeStyle
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DIARY
March’s cultural
highlights in and
around London
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KELLY CLARKSON
Having stormed back
to the top of the charts
in the US, the original
American Idol-winner
chats to Out about her
life and new album…
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FOOD
Sumosan reviewed
plus restaurant listings
PAGE 22
COLUMNIST
Knight Hooson tracks
down some old lover
on Facebook
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MUSIC
New albums from Pet
Shop Boys and U2
PAGE 26
MARIANNE FAITHFUL
The cult chanteuse
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COLUMNST
Daniel Fry is tired of
racial stereotypes…
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MOTORING
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TRAVEL
Scene stars best
holidays, plus a
postcard from Gran
Canaria
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HOROSCOPES
PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON
Contributing Editor
Adrian Gillan
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Design Concept
Splicer Design
www.splicerdesign.com
Art Director
Thom Rhein
[email protected]
Sub Editor
Kathryn Fox
Contributors
Richard Bevan, Alex Bryce,
Charlotte Dingle, Adrian
Foster, Daniel Fry, Edward
Gamlin, Knight Hooson, Chloe
Marshall, Paul Murphy, Gary
Ryan, Richard Tonks, Michael
Turnbull, Stephen Unwin,
Steve Watson
Photographers
Chris Jepson, Bernard Miller
Publisher
Sarah Garrett//Linda Riley
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TASTY TIM
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HEALTH
Soho’s new sexual
health clinic at 56 Dean
Street, and Living Well
Life Clubs
!
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TOP OF THE POST
ON FIRE
WATCHMEN
A whole clutch of buff
male specimens in skimpy,
figure-hugging outfits
– in this year’s first big,
bona fide blockbuster - in
cinemas 6 March.
LOLA
We’re loving this Frenchborn American-based
singer, who wowed us
(and Grace Jones!) with an
intimate showcase at the
100 Club at the beginning
of February.
ICELAND
It may have gone in to
financial breakdown, but
its just got the world’s first
openly gay Prime Minister.
Yay!
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SHOPPING...
We’ve always thought that one of the highlights of the
annual London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
are the collections of gay shorts. Often by first time film
makers, they’re usually interesting, attention-grabbing
or just a little bit weird. So,
we were happy to see that
Peccadillo Pictures have
gathered together some of
the best gay shorts from
the last couple of years for
Boys On Film Vol 1: Hard
Love. The DVD includes such
gems as Cowboy Forever
(about gay rodeo), Gay
Zombie and the awardwinning Scarred. Boys On
Film Vol 1: Hard Love is
released 9 March 2009.
www.peccapics.com
BOTTLE IT
We’d buy any old rubbish if it were adorned by a nice Keith Haring print, but we do think
this new range of re-usable watter bottles from Sigg are actually a good idea. The re-usable
and recyclable bottles – available in a range of designs – are made from pure aluminium,
helping to reduce landfill waste caused by disposable plastic water bottles (taking many years
to bio-degrade). They cost £13.99 from Selfridge’s, Fenwick’s Brent Cross or
www.sigg.com
SIX NATION ARMY
Why can’t more advertising campaigns
feature naked rugby players? England
rugby captain Steve Borthwick
(pictured), along with fellow players Paul
Sackey and Shane Williams, has stripped
of for an advertising campaign for energy
drink Powerade – official sports drink
for the Rugby Football Union. The
Powerade InnerGear campaign has been
launched ahead to coincide with the Six
Nations tournament, and emphasises the
importance of hydration for all athletes.
www.poweradegb.com/rugby
&
DIRTY DENIM
On the same eco vibe as this month’s
SIGG bottles, we’re liking the SS09
collection from Kuyichi. The Pure
Premium collection is described as
a “high level eco-luxury denim
line”, and features
garments created
from 100% organic
cotton and mixed
hemp selvedge.
Colouring – where
applicable – is
carried out with
eco-friendly
vegetable dyes.
The jeans range
has just been
complemented
by a range of
tops, including a
shirt, jacket and
sweatshirt. Prices
start at £115 for
the regular denim
or £200 for the
Pure Premium
collection.
Stockists: www.
asos.com
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HIGHLIGHT EVENTS//
MARCH 2009
25 FEB-7 MAR
AND 26 MAR:
A new, acclaimed, mixed-gender production of Jean Genet’s
classic play The Maids is
currently touring the UK. From
a translation by Neil Bartlett,
and directed and designed by
Sâmir Bhamra, the production
features men taking the
female roles of the maids.
“Although, the first performance of The Maids had a
female cast, Jean Genet’s long
time friend and supporter,
Jean Paul Sartre, states that
Genet’s intention was always
02-07 MAR
Pack up your troubles in your Prada bag and join the darlings
of London’s neo-cabaret scene, as the all-singing, all-dancing
alternative cabaret duo Bourgeois & Maurice bring their live
show to the Soho Theatre for five nights. Expect “a whistlestop tour through the peculiarities of a nation on the edge,
and a fabulous homage to the century we live in – this new
show covers socially vital issues such as eroto-manic stalking,
clandestine body mutilation and the fatal cult of celebrity.”
www.sohotheatre.com
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play with the roles – and how
far they are willing to stretch
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the Watermans Arts Centre
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with a host of top quality exhibitors all vying to impress those
looking to celebrate their special day in true style. Civil Partnership experts will be on hand to offer advice, and there will be
exhibition stalls for everything from wedding photographers
and stationers through to florists and cake-makers. Full details
at www.designercivilpartnershipshow.com
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CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS//MARCH 2009
10 MAR:
Previews begin for the West
End musical production of
Priscilla Queen Of The Desert
at the Palace Theatre on
Shaftesbury Avenue, followed
by the gala lunch proper on 24
March (bookings now being
taken till end of September
2009). The show – based on
the well-loved, Oscar-winning 1994 film – stars Jason
Donovan, Tony Sheldon, Oliver
Thornton and Zoe Birkett,
and recounts the tale of three
Sydney drag queens who
decide to drive a bus across the
Australian outback to reach
a far-flung residency in Alice
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The Sadlers Wells hosts Eonnagata – a new dance collaboration
from Sylvie Guillem, Russell Maliphant and Robert Lepage that
seeks to tell the curious story of 18th century spy Charles de
Beaumont – diplomat, writer, swordsman and a member of the
King’s Secret, a network of spies under the control of Louis XV.
“De Beaumont was perhaps the first spy to use transvestitism
in the furtherance of his duties and until the day he died his
true gender was a source of constant speculation, even provoking public bets in the late 18th century.” The show utilizes
the Kabuki method of Onnegata, with men playing women
and sporting elaborate costumes designed specifically for the
production by Alexander McQueen. Tickets £10-£40.
www.sadlerswells.com
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as brothers Ron and Russell Mael – headline at
the Forum in Kentish Town over two nights. Expect
hit singles from their extensive back catalogue, including the
likes of ‘Beat The Clock’ and ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The
Both Of Us’. www.allsparks.com
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Chiefs wind up their UK tour with a date at Wembley Arena.
www.kaiserchiefs.co.uk
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Following the release of new album – Tonight: Franz Ferdinand
– Alex Kapranos’ art-school indie rockers play a headline show
at the Hammersmith Apollo. www.franzferdinand.co.uk
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feather at the age of 69 – descends upon the O2 Arena for a
series of London gigs. Expect a
set packed with greatest hits.
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The recently opened Kings Place in King’s Cross hosts an
exclusive presentation of portraits of the late Francis Bacon by
friend and fellow artist Francis Giacobetti. The conventional
view of Francis Bacon is that he was something of a recluse,
rarely venturing from the studio and even then restricting his
socialising to meeting his bohemian and underworld friends at
Soho’s Colony Club. Bacon, however, had something of a parallel
life in Paris where he had a broad circle of friends, among whom
was Giacobetti. He often persuaded the London artist to pose
for him, with many of the resulting works being intentional
pastiches of Bacon’s own style. www.kingsplace.co.uk
#
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HIGHLIGHT EVENTS//
MARCH 2009
17 MAR-11 APR:
mission to enhance his social
status and finally get a shag.’
The production proved a big
hit upon its Edinburgh Festival
debut in 2000, with The
Guardian summing it up as
“Adolescent desire, burgeoning sexuality, loss of virginity
and cross-generational sex all
deftly handled in a cracking
script”. This production also costars Ciara Janson (Hollyoaks)
and comedienne Mel Giedroyc
(of Mel & Sue fame). Tickets
£20-£25. www.ambassadortickets.com
IMAGE © INGRID DULCIMER
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novel by William Sutcliffe,
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gay-themed New Boy comes
to the Ambassadors Trafalgar
Studio, starring Nicholas Hoult
(Skins, About A Boy). He plays
Mark, who begins the sixth
form at school acutely aware
that it’s his last chance to
impress his fellow pupils. ‘The
mesmerizingly good-looking
Barry seems to be having
trouble making friends. Everyone is afraid of him. He could
be the perfect ally in Mark’s
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Allen plays three nights at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
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With a new album being self-released in April – Battle – Patrick Wolf returns to the music scene,
kick-starting his campaign with a headlining show at Heaven, Villiers Street, WC2. Aiming at
breaking down the barriers between artist and audience, Wolf parted ways with Universal last
year. Battle is being released through Patrick’s own label, Bloody Chamber Music, and funded via
Bandstocks.com, the new online funding vehicle that allows fans to take a stake in an album’s
success through buying stocks at £10 a time (www.bandstocks.com).
For more info, check www.patrickwolf.com
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The arrival of a new Pet Shop Boys album
is always cause for celebration, but
particularly so when that album finds Chris
and Neil deciding to unite with Xenomania
– the hit-making production team
responsible for most of Girls Aloud’s biggest
hits. However, on first airing, Yes might
seem underwhelming. Xenomania haven’t
given the boys a complete makeover, or
– as some might have expected – produced
an album of bold and brash three-minute
pop singles. In fact, their influence has
been considerably subtler… and yet
important. This is still unmistakeably the
Pet Shop Boys, but pushed to their very
best. Whereas fans may have had to force
themselves to embrace the last couple of
albums, this one effortlessly lodges itself
in your brain… although it might take a
couple of spins to appreciate its
nuances. It’s a mature, stately
and epic offering that offers up
some of the band’s best work in
over a decade. ‘Love etc’ doesn’t
sound like the most obvious
lead single, but that ultimately
works in its favour. It’s cool,
confident and doesn’t try too
hard. ‘Vulnerable’ is another
highlight – sounding like a
cross between ‘Rent’ and ‘I’m
Yes (Parlophone)
STARSAILOR
All The Plans
(Virgin)
Out: 23 March
+++++
PETE DOHERTY
Grace/wastelands
(Parlophone)
U2
No Line On The
Horizon (Island)
James Walsh, frontman of
Starsailor, once remarked
that he never understood why people got so het up about
music they didn’t like. Surely, he reasoned, it was akin to
seeing a jacket in Topman that you weren’t going to buy,
yet still getting angry about its existence. Fair point, James,
but nobody makes you wear the coat once you’re inside the
shop, and it won’t be worn in every All Bar One.
While their press blurb seeks to portray the Chorley
quartet as a ‘misunderstood British success story’, valiantly
plodding on in the face of media ‘digs’, Starsailor’s brand
of reliably straightforward windswept rock is more likely
to inspire indifference than devotion. After a hook-up
with Phil Spector on 2003’s Silence Is Easy and a flirtation
with Americana (2005’s On The Outside), default settings
have been resumed here by roping in Steve Osborne, who
helmed their debut, 2001’s Love Is Here. With fretwork
provided by Ronnie Wood, it’s stuffed with majestic midtempo ballads. At its best, the melodies of lead single ‘Tell
Me It’s Not Over’ and the eponymous ‘All The Plans’ invoke a
sense of false memory whereby a new song feels instantly
familiar. And, in a landscape where music increasingly
comes with a raised eyebrow and ironic nudge-wink, there’s
something commendable about the open-hearted sincerity
that pervades the likes of international politics commentary
‘Stars & Stripes’. Even so, it’s a chore to wade through
11 tracks of identikit tremulousness delivered in Walsh’s
emotive – somewhat strangulated – vocal style. GR
Almost five years after the
release of How To Dismantle
An Atomic Bomb, Bono and co. return with their 12th
studio offering, and on first impressions, No Line On The
Horizon appears to be very much business as usual. They’ve
again teamed up with long-time collaborators Brian Eno,
Daniel Lanois and Steve Lilleywhite, while photographer
Anton Corbijn has again done much of the album artwork.
Such familiarity may please their large fanbase, and yet…
even they might find something curiously lacking from
…Horizon. Could it be that U2 are running out of ideas?
As a whole, this comes across as a more cerebral and less
ballsy offering than their previous two long players. More
worryingly, there’s a lack of obvious big singles, with killer
choruses ditched in favour of unnecessarily long song intros
and the occasionally rambling lyric. Highlights include the
title track opener, which harks back to classic early 80s
U2, while second track ‘Magnificent’ even has a whiff of
‘Mysterious Ways’ about it. It’s U2-by-numbers, but so much
so that it’s in danger of being a pastiche. The quality is just
about maintained across the first half, ending with lead
single ‘Get Your Boots On’, but the second half sounds more
of an effort for all concerned, with the likes of ‘Fez – Being
Born’ more an ambient piece of filler than a song. The
self-indulgent ‘Breathe’ sounds like a studio jam that no-one
was entirely sure what to do with. No Line On The Horizon
is an ironically apt title for a piece of work that – by U2
standards – comes across as unfocussed and indistinct. DH
After success with Libertines
and Babyshambles, Pete
Doherty has finally decided to release a solo offering.
If you’ve not previously fallen for his… well, let’s say
‘ramshackle’ charms, Grace/Wastelands is probably not
likely to win you over. When Morrissey left The Smiths,
he opted to work with legendary indie producer Stephen
Street, and Doherty has interestingly also chosen Street to
produce his debut offering. The producer brings a richness
to these recordings that marks them out from much of
Doherty’s previous output. Graham Coxon plays guitar
throughout, and there’s sonic experimentation on the likes
of the 60s-soundtrack sounding ‘A Little Death Around
The Eyes’ (an old Libertines demo), and the honky tonk
– or Chas & Dave depending on your viewpoint – piano of
‘Sweet By And By’. Lead single ‘Last Of The English Roses’ is
surprisingly meaty, while moody album highlight ‘New Love
Grows On Trees’ comes across like Lou Reed fronting Suede.
It’s just a pity then that for all his “people’s poet” credentials,
it’s Doherty’s limited vocal approach that let’s the work
down. You either love or loathe his voice, but on many of
these tracks he still sounds like a pissed-up busker. He’s not
shy of baring his soul (“She opened her heart to a tearaway,
he was covered in scars and full of heroin” he croons with
Dot Allison on ‘Tearaway’), so it’s a shame that on some of
these songs you can’t really make out what he’s singing.
Thanks to Street, it’s a polished offering, but there are clearly
some things that can’t be greatly improved upon. AG
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Out: 2 March
Out: 16 March
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THE PET SHOPBOYS
In Love (With A Married Man)’, with a lyric
that wears its heart on its sleeve: “You may
think I’m strong and I can do no wrong, but
I’m vulnerable, so vulnerable, without you.”
Both this and ‘The Way It Used To Be’ sound
like not-so-subtle homage to ‘Voyage,
Voyage’ by Desireless, but… well, we can
live that.
‘Beautiful People’ could have been written
for Dusty Springfield. It’s electro Duffy, with
some atmospheric harmonica buried in
the mix.
The closing track is the epic ‘Legacy’. If
the Beatles warned you to ‘Let It Be’, the
Pets simply advise that ‘You’ll get over it’
– whatever irritations life might throw at
you, (‘The Carphone Warehouse boy has
been on the phone, he wants to upgrade
the mobile you own. Have you realized your
computer’s a spy? Give him a ring, he’ll
explain why... look at me, I’m so over it, and
you, you’ll get over it’)
The downside? A couple of tracks needlessly
run over the five minute mark (‘King Of
Rome’), and the richness of the music
threatens to overshadow Neil’s vocals at
some points. However, those are minor
quibbles for an album that gets better and
better with each airing. DH
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www.mariannefaithfull.org.uk
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GHOST TOWN
Ricky Gervais takes the lead
in this Hollywood rom-com,
playing cynical and lonely
dentist Bertram Pincus, who
– after momentarily dying
during a routine operation
– discovers he has the ability
to see and hear the dead.
He’s plagued by the recently
deceased Greg Kinnear to take care of widow Téa Leoni. An
entertaining and amusing outing from Mr Gervais.
OUT: 2 MARCH
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MISS PETTIGREW LIVES
FOR A DAY
Frances McDormand and Amy
Adams star in this slight but
entertaining piece of fluffy
farce. It’s 1930’s London, and
governess Guinevere Pettigrew
(McDormand) has trouble
holding down a job, until she
turns up on the doorstep of
flighty singer Delysia LaFosse (Adams) and tricks her way
into the younger woman’s employment – where she finds
herself helping LaFosse juggle her three boyfriends, career
and homelife. A forgettable but fun movie, aided by strong
performances from its two leads.
OUT: 9 MARCH
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Although responsible for such
cinematic classics as Blade
Runner and Gladiator, Ridley
Scott sure does occasionally
miss the mark. If you found
Black Hawk Down messy and
incomprehensible, you might
want to avoid Body Of Lies,
in which Leonardo DiCaprio
is a CIA operative embedded deep in the Middle East, and
Russell Crowe plays his ruthless and cold handler back in
the U.S. The film is visually impressive and slick – so it’s just
a shame you’re never quite sure what’s happening or why.
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to add some spice… which
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hustler Andre. The assembled
group bitch, moan, bed hop,
ponder growing old, and self-knowingly discuss gay films.
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Running from 25 February till 21 March, Over There is a
new play by acclaimed playwright Mark Ravenhill. “When
Franz’s mother escaped to the West with one of her identical
twin boys, she left the other behind. Now, 25 years later,
Karl crosses the border in search of his other half. As history
takes an unexpected turn, the brothers must struggle to
reconnect.” Mark Ravenhill’s new play examines the hungers
released when two countries, separated by a common
language, meet again. The production stars real life actor
twins Harry and Luke Treadway, and is running as part of
the Royal Court’s Off The Wall season of new plays about
Germany. Tickets £12-£25 (all tickets £10 on Mondays).
www.royalcourttheatre.com
IN THE MOOD FOR
DANCING
Brian Friel’s Olivier awardwinning play Dancing at
Lughnasa opens
at The Old Vic on Thursday
5 March, with previews from
26 February. A bittersweet
reflection of rural Ireland on the brink of industrialisation in
the 1930s, the play’s portrait of the five unmarried Mardy
sisters follows their loss of love and opportunity played
out against the echoes of the twentieth century with dark
humour, raw energy and tenderness. This new production
will feature the stage debut from Andrea Corr, alongside
Niamh Cusack, Michelle Fairley, Simone Kirby, Finbar Lynch,
Susan Lynch, Peter McDonald and Jo Stone-Fewings.
Running till 9 May, tickets cost £9.50-£45. 0870 060 6628 www.oldvictheatre.com
THREESOME
Rising film star James McAvoy stars alongside Nigel
Harman (formerly of EastEnders) and Lyndsey Marshal in
new play Three Days Of Rain. They play the children of
two former business partners and architects, who gather in
the famed Manhattan loft that their respective late fathers
designed in order to settle their estates and the apartment’s
future. “But the discovery of a journal and the brief entry,
‘three days of rain’, begins a surprising story the children
could never have imagined...”Written by Richard Greenberg,
the production is coming to the Apollo Theatre on
Shaftesbury Avenue from 30 January till 2 May.
Tickets £16-£47.
For full details, check www.threedaysofrain.co.uk
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claims to have established itself as one of London’s finest
Japanese restaurants.
It’s certainly popular, with an international clientele filling
up the tables fast on the evening of our visit. We were
seated between a table of French girls gossiping over sushi
rolls, and a group of Japanese business-types dining out
over their Blackberries.
The decor is neutral, understated, yet calm and relaxing. The
menu, on the other hand, offers a bewildering amount of
choice. For our starter we tried the Sumosan Tartar (£18.70)
– a tower of delicious cubed tuna and avocado seasoned
with truffle oil, and housing a lightly poached quail’s egg.
Another surprise was lurking within the lobster salad
(£16.70) which resembled a topiary ball of lollo rosso with
two lobster claws poking out of it! Inside, we found plenty
of meaty lobster, dressed in a tangy vinaigrette.
Sumosan’s executive chef, Bubker Behlit, had impressed
us so far, and with a further 8 sushi chefs beneath him, it
would have been rude not to try some of the fantastic sushi
and sashimi on offer. We went for the sushi rolls Peking
Duck (£7.30), and some fantastic sashimi, including the
Hotategai (£6.50) – diced scallop in a cucumber basket
with salmon caviar. We followed this with a generous
!$
delicately-flavoured portion of Black Cod with Miso
(£23.50). My boyfriend opted for the steamed Chillean
seabass (£22.50) with steamed rice (£3.00) – which again
was generously-sized and coated in a fresh-tasting, piquant
orange sauce. Make sure you leave room for the dark and
white chocolate fondant (£8.50), which came served with
ice-cream beneath a cage of caramel – I’ve been raving
about it to friends! If you love Japanese food – in discreet
and understated surroundings – then Sumosan will not
disappoint. On the downside, and despite the quality on
offer, prices are on the steep side. This is not necessarily
somewhere for anyone feeling the economic crunch. That
said, they do offer £22.50 lunch combinations between
noon-2.45pm, when you can choose a soup, sushi/sashimi
and main course (including the wonderful black cod).
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EATING OUT
OUR FAVOURITE RESTAURANTS AND
GAY-FRIENDLY DINING OPTIONS
CENTRAL
Amato, 14 Old Compton Street,
Soho, W1. 020-7734 5733. Busy
café and patisserie, offering
pasta dishes and a huge array
of cakes. Very popular with gay
Soho. www.amato.co.uk
Balans, 60 Old Compton Street,
W1. 020-7439 2183. The nearest
Soho has to a gay restaurant,
busy throughout the week and
open throughout the day and
night. Traditional British dishes
with Meditteranean and Asian
flourishes. Approx. £28 per head.
See also the nearby Balans Café
at 34 Old Compton Street. www.
balans.co.uk
Bocca di Lupo, 12 Archer
Street, W1. 020 7734 2223. Gayrun, upmarket Italian restaurant,
opened November 2008 and
running Monday-Saturday.
Approx. £29 per head. www.
boccadilupo.com
Bodeans, 10 Poland Street,
W1. 020-7287 0506. Cheap and
cheerful barbecue restaurant,
with counter service upstairs and
restaurant down below. Popular
with visiting Americans, plus the
odd bear from the nearby Kings
Arms! Branches also in Clapham,
Fulham and Westbourne Grove.
www.bodeansbbq.com
Cha Cha Moon, 15-21
Ganton Street, Soho, W1. 020
7297 9800. Newly-opened
noodle restaurant from Hong
Kong-born restaurateur Alan Yau
(Hakkasan). Great selection of
soup-based dishes, wok-fried
noodles and sides.
Ed’s Diner, 12 Moor Street, W1.
020 7434 4439. Delightfully
kitsch, American-style 50s diner,
at the Shaftesbury Avenue end
of Old Compton Street, great
for burgers and milkshakes.
Check website for details of
other central London branches
– www.edseasydiner.co.uk
First Out, 52 St Giles High
Street, WC2. 020-7240 8042.
Long-running, gay-run café
and bar, serving homemade
vegetarian dishes, coffee and
!&
cakes. Lots of gay magazines,
community info and flyers.
www.firstoutcafebar.com
Floridita, 100 Wardour Street,
W1. 020-7314 4000. Large,
glamorous Cuban-themed
restaurant and bar, with regular
music acts and even occasional
drag. Approx. £36 per head.
www.floridita.co.uk
NORTH
EAST
Gilgamesh, Camden View,
Camden Stables Market, Chalk
Farm Road, NW1. Huge, ornate
and lavish pan-Asian restaurant
with one of London’s most
stunning interiors. Food good
rather than outstanding, but
worth a visit for the décor.
Cheaper at lunchtime than the
evening. www.gilgameshbar.com
Bistrotheque, 23-27 Wadeson
Street, Bethnal Green, E2.
Modern, contemporary classy
restaurant with basement bar
and cabaret room, and fine
dining upstairs – modern British
cuisine and French bistro dishes
– approx. £35 per head. www.
bistrotheque.com
La Porchetta, 141-142 Upper
Street, N1. 020-7288 2488.
Great value pizza and pasta
restaurant, with possibly some
of the biggest pizzas in London!
Sister branches in Finsbury Park
The Easton, 22 Easton Street,
WC1. 020-7278 7609. Cool
gastropub just off Exmouth
Market. Sunday lunch is packed
with Clerkenwell-istas and
the food is top notch. www.
theeaston.co.uk
0007. A stylish and upmarket
vegan and raw food restaurant
– popular with London’s healthconscious and conscientious
diners. Approx. £24 per head.
www.safrestaurant.co.uk
The Riverside, 5 Hamilton
House, 5 St George Wharf,
Vauxhall, SW8. Great pub food
in upmarket, riverside gastropub
that boasts terrific views of the
Thames.
Tinseltown, 44-46 St John
Street, Farringdon, EC1. Want a
double cheeseburger and Mars
Bar Milkshake at 5am? Then
24-hour, subterranean American
diner Tinseltown is the place
to head. Round the clock diner
(24/7) popular with late-night
clubbers – very near Fabric.
Cool when quiet but avoid if
there’s a queue for entry. www.
tinseltown.co.uk
Roxy Bar and Screen,
128-132 Borough High
Street, SE1. 020 7407 4057.
London’s unique, gay-friendly
cinema restaurant. Free film
screenings – everything
from recent blockbusters to
arthouse documentaries. www.
roxybarandscreen.com
L’Autre Pied, 5-7 Blandford
Street, Marylebone Village, W1.
020 7486 9696. Chic, stylish,
upmarket restaurant from the
same team that created the
Michelin-starred Pied-à-Terre
on Charlotte Street. Winner of
the BMW Square Meal Award
for Best New Restaurant Spring
2008. Approx. £40 per head (or
take advantage of the lunch and
pre-theatre fixed-price deals).
www.lautrepied.co.uk
Ristorante Biagio, 189
Piccadilly, W1. 020-7434-1921.
Great, authentic Italian food
in contemporary and smart
surroundings, spread over four
floors. Approx. £32 per head.
www.ristorantebiagio.co.uk
Stef’s, 3 Berners Street, W1 0203073 1041. Huge, gay-friendly
Italian – formerly Linda’s Pasta
Bar on Poland Street – moved to
the other side of Oxford Street in
2007. Pizza and pasta heaven.
St Pancras Grand, Upper
Concourse, St Pancras
International, NW1. 020 7870
9900. Old-fashioned, art-deco
glamour at this stunning, all-day
restaurant from Searcys (who
also operate the neighbouring
Champagne Bar). Well worth a
trip to St Pancras, whether you’re
catching the Eurostar or not.
Approx. £40 per head. www.
searcys.co.uk
Wagamama, 10a Lexington
Street, Soho, W1. 020-7292
0990. Our favourite branch
of the noodle chain, offering
cheap, healthy Japanese delights
– great gyoza and… well,
noodles! £16 per head. Check
website for other branches
- www.wagamama.com
Royal Teas, 76 Royal Hill,
Greenwich, SE10. 020-8691
7240. Delightfully charming café
offering tea, scones, cakes and
other delights for an eclectic
crowd. Brit camp fabulousness.
www.royalteascafe.co.uk
The Stonhouse, 165
Stonhouse Street, SW4. Lovely
Clapham gastropub with great
steaks, burgers, salads and
sandwiches. Approx. £22 a head.
www.renaissancepubs.co.uk/SH
BOUNDARY
New for the Shoreditch/Farringdon area is
Boundary (2-4 Boundary Street, E2), the latest
multi-functional venue from Sir Terence Conran.
Located in a converted Victorian warehouse,
this multi-floored establishment features a restaurant, café, bakery, hotel rooms and bars. The
and Bloomsbury. Approx. £17
per head.
Little Bay, 228 Belsize Road,
NW6. Wonderfully down-toearth and charming restaurant
serving Modern European
cuisine at very reasonable prices
(particularly at lunchtime).
Excellent value for money.
Spotted Dick, 292 Caledonian
Road, Islington, N1. 020 7607
5577. Gay-friendly café/bar/
restaurant offering modern and
traditional British grub (great
Sundays roasts!). Open from
breakfast till late throughout the
week. www.spotted-dick.co.uk
World Café, 130 Crouch Hill,
Haringey, N8. 020-8340 5635.
Trendy, chic, gay-friendly café
for Crouch Hill crowd, serving
snacks, main meals and fab
cappuccinos.
restaurant and Albion café are now open,
while a designer rooftop bar (complete
with its own garden, open fireplace and
stunning views of the city) is due to open
later in the spring.
www.theboundary.co.uk
Green and Red, 51 Bethnal
Green Road, E1. 020 7749 9670.
Fiesta-style restaurant with
Mexican food and a huge tequila
selection - with basement
bar and dancefloor area for
afterwards. www.greenred.co.uk
Kenza, 10a Devonshire Square,
EC2. 020-7929 5533. Delightful
and sumptuous subterranean
Middle Eastern restaurant a
stone’s throw from Liverpool
Street station. Arabic interior and
mezza menu – approx. £35 per
head. www.kenza-restaurant.co.uk
Les Trois Garcons, 1 Club Row,
Whitechapel, E1. 020-7613
1924. A former Victorian boozer,
stuffed with baroque decor
and antiques, creating a camp,
culinary haven near Old Street.
British/French menu. www.
loungelover.co.uk
Saf, 152-154 Curtain Road,
Shoreditch, EC2. 020 7613
SOUTH
Bonnington Café, 11 Vauxhall
Grove, SW8. Cheap, cheerful
and very gay-friendly cooperatively run vegetarian café
in Bonnington Square. Pig out
on three courses for £10! http://
s208303316.websitehome.co.uk
El Panzon @ The Dogstar,
389 Coldharbour Lane, SW9.
Authentic Mexican and Tex-mex
restaurant and fantastic prices
in the trendy Dogstar bar. Don’t
miss the burritos or the taco
plate to share. Approx. £14 per
head. www.elpanzon.co.uk
The Loft, 67 Clapham High
Street, SW4. 020-7627 0792.
Upmarket and stylish restaurant,
bar and late-night haunt.
Classic British dishes and lots of
cocktails. Approx. £40 per head.
www.theloft-clapham.co.uk
Upstairs Bar and Restaurant,
89b Acre Lane, SW2. Hidden
gem and local secret. Critically
acclaimed, eclectic European
menu, with emphasis on French
cuisine. Limited choice but menu
changes daily. Open Tue-Sat.
www.upstairslondon.com
WEST
Balans Chiswick, 214 Chiswick
High Road, W4. 020 8742 1435.
Balans heads further out west
– gay-friendly service and British
and Meditrerranean dishes.
www.balans.co.uk
Balans Knightsbridge, 239
Old Brompton Road, SW5. 0207244 8838. Very gay-friendly
restaurant, offering British and
Mediterranean dishes. Approx.
£28 per head. www.balans.co.uk
The Fat Badger, 310
Portobello Road, W10. Upmarket
and classy gastropub, serving
fine British cuisine. Good Sunday
roast. www.thefatbadger.com
S&M Café Portobello, 268
Portobello Road, W10. 020-8968
8898. The sausage and mash
café (hence S&M!). Great British
grub in kitsch café surroundings.
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Gaydar, the world’s biggest gay dating web site and
Matinée Group have signed a global partnership
agreement that makes the Gaydar brand the first official
sponsor of CIRCUIT Festival ’09.
This year’s CIRCUIT Festival runs from the 1-9 August
2009. Thousands of guys from all over the world will turn
Barcelona into the ultimate gay melting pot. During
one full week the best DJ’s and performers will star in
groundbreaking parties and events like never seen before.
CIRCUIT Festival’s all-gay Water Park event returns on
Wednesday 5 August with the best water rides and the
Matinée All Stars providing the music throughout the day.
Forty-five pre-parties will support the main event which
are currently being confirmed in Spain, Italy, Netherlands,
Germany, Switzerland, France, the UK, Israel, Canada, US
and Mexico. A package of marketing and advertising has
been agreed to promote this year’s event with exclusive
content and competitions being offered to Gaydar’s five
million members in 140 countries. The event will be
supported with digital and radio ads across the Gaydar
portfolio from March.
LOVESTRUCK
Remember how the gay press used to carry those personal
adverts for guys you may have glanced on the tube? Well,
a new website has been launched to take advantage of
such missed opportunities. Lovestruckcity.com is a
new missed connections site, which has seen a surge in
activity around Valentine’s time. Missed connection sites
are a relatively new phenomenon that aim to give brief
encounters a second chance. Less daunting to many than
dating sites where the contact is “cold”, they have the added
advantage of being (in the main) free to use.
Gareth Moss, founder of lovestruckcity.com, says: “Whether
you’re a cynic of the commercial hype, or a dyed-in-thewool romantic soul, Valentine’s can hardly fail to pass you
by. Most singles hope their relationship status is temporary
and this is evident through the increased traffic we have
witnessed over the last few weeks.”
Whether you are looking for love or not, the sites that
operate on the same basis as the “do you remember me”
type columns – which, even if you’re not looking to place
or respond to an advert, can offer some entertaining,
voyeuristic reading! Unlike personal adverts, entries on
LoveStruckCity.com are flagged using google map
technology that plots hearts on specific locations to help
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THE YARD
Looking for a warm
atmosphere and an
inexpensive night out
and? Head for this Soho
institution!
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THE GREEN
The Islington bar has
built a large and loyal
following with cheap
drinks and nightly
promotions
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KU BAR
February saw the
launch of the brand
new Ku bar on Frith
Street - full of more Ku
bar cuties!
The Wednesday nighter has effortlessly made the move to Wardour Street, and in mid-February the gang threw a special
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After three years at the legendary
Soho Revue Bar (formerly Too 2
Much and the Raymond Revue Bar),
last month Trannyshack were given notice
that the venue was closing and they had
a week to find a new home. Above all
the odds, Dusty O pulled it off and the
transition to the new venue – in the
basement of Freedom on Wardour Street
– was seamless. Whilst not having the
stage facilities that the Trannyshack girls
were used to, Freedom’s basement club is
a gorgeous venue with raised platforms,
leather seating areas, mesmerising fish
tanks and the all-important pole dancing
facilities. After settling in for just one
week, their second event there was a
huge ‘We Love Boy George’ tribute night
to show love and support for George after
his recent incarceration. A whole host
of artistes gathered to perform on the
night including George’s musical partner
Mr John Themis, West End diva Miss Zee
Asha, Keith George (AKA The Boy George
Experience), stars of the musical Taboo
and performers George has worked with
over the years. There was also the rather
cute new protégé of William Baker and
Kylie; Mr Sam Taylor. The Trannyshack
girls paid their own special homage with
Jeanie Dee doing ‘I’ll Tumble 4 You’ whilst,
um, tumbling – at 66 years of age!
The audience made an effort with a
whole host of George looky-likies – there
were pole dancing trannies, a Boweryesque ink-splattered Tasty Tim on the
decks, and by 3am it all resembled rather
tragic tranny roadkill – priceless!
Trannyshack, every Wednesday
night from 10.30pm onwards at
Freedom, 66 Wardour Street, W1.
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has held its own on the Soho
scene. Offering an outdoor courtyard
(sheltered and equipped with heaters
during the winter months), a ground
floor bar, plus the upstairs Loft, it’s
cultivated its own large and loyal
following. Perhaps because it’s slightly
tucked away from Old Compton
Street, the Loft bar in particular feels
slightly more intimate and exclusive
than other establishments – making
it perfect for a date or just as
somewhere to hang out with friends.
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currently in a recession, and that
some people need a little more
incentive to venture out during the
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price deals in the whole of Soho. All
drinks are now on sale for just £2 at
all times except after 7pm on Friday
and Saturday nights. That means that
every other night of the week, the
bar is now probably cheaper than
almost anywhere else on the Soho
scene – and at the time of going to
press, the promotion was set to last
for the coming few weeks at the
very least. If you’re a regular at the
bar, you’ll need little persuasion to
return, but if you’ve not been for a
while, then now’s the perfect time to
re-discover this Soho hangout.
The Yard, 57 Rupert Street, W1
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It’s been almost a year since The
Green had its refurb, so we popped
along to see if the dust had settled and
how the nights are going. The vibe when
you walk in is a modern contemporary
space yet also a local welcoming venue,
and it has definitely become a destination
bar for north London. Friday nights tend
to attract an alternative/Shoreditch crowd
with Sink the Pink, Triple Penny, and more
on the way, while Saturdays attract a more
Soho-esque gathering, with Prestige as the
lady of the house and, in a new monthly
slot, Lady Lloyd. In fact, the venue offers
everything that the West End does but
without the high prices!
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One of The Green’s most important changes
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everyone regardless of gender, orientation
or scene. So on most nights you will find
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full of twinks, a few bears in for a brew and
sprinklings of bearded drag queens and
Soho cuties – with the odd straight couple
thrown in. Take in to account the various
theme nights, drag hosts and cute DJs, and
the Green has finally become the venue it
was always meant to be.
The Green, 74 Upper Street, N1.
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Long-running indie and
alternative haunt Ghetto
made the move from
Soho to Old Street in
December, forced to relocate
because its old premises are to
be demolished to make way
for the Crossrail Link through
central London. However, the
team have made the best
of the move, revamping the
Ghetto brand within new
premises and introducing
some new nights in the
process. Original Friday nighter
The Cock has now made way
for the grisly-titled Kill Your
Pets. Upstairs in the Trash
Palace bar we found Tasty
Tim spinning rave classics
like ‘Ride On Time’ and ‘Pump
Up The Jam’, while the main
Ghetto dancefloor downstairs
offered up a heady concoction
of throbbing electro beats,
dirty disco and squelchy synth
anthems - with remixes of Lady
GaGa’s ‘Just Dance’ and Britney’s
‘Womanizer’ going down
particularly well. A projection
of Pat Butcher glowed on the
walls, while stuffed toys hung
from nooses above the bar (kill
your pets - geddit?). The night
attracts a mixed crowd of boys,
girls, Shoreditch reprobates
and fashion freaks – with a
couple of boys in leggings and
animal masks striking some
particularly memorable poses
at the bar. Animal nightlife
indeed!
Kill Your Pets, every Friday
night at Ghetto Old Street,
58 Old Street, EC1.
www.ghettolondon.co.uk
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Super fetish night Hard
On returns on the last
Saturday of this and every
month with some of the
filthiest fun in the capital
and a top DJ line-up
spinning harder, faster,
twisted sounds. Hard On
runs a strict dress policy of
leather, rubber, skinhead
(boots, braces, shave head,
bleached jeans), uniforms,
or just your boots. Make
an effort as you will be
asked to leave if you do
not adhere to this dress
code. Changing areas and
cloakrooms are available.
Hard On is the last
Saturday or every month
at Hidden, 100 Tinworth
Street, Vauxhall. Entry
is £15 members – club
membership required 48
hours before the event.
www.hardonclub.
co.uk
Check out alternative
hotspot Ghetto Old
Street every Friday night
for an electrotrash night
Kill Your Pets. Residents
mash up electro, beeps
and beats cutting-edge
electro, dirty disko,
trashed-up techno and
retro rave for a cute crowd
of alternative fashionista
foppery and gay East End
drinkers.
Ghetto is 58 Old Street,
EC1. Doors are open
upstairs at Trash Palace
from 5.30pm and
downstairs in the club
from 10pm. www.
ghettolondon.com
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Bucking the economic downturn,
Gary Henshaw’s Ku Bar has been going
from strength to strength. The Lisle
Street establishment has built upon its
long-running following with an eclectic
mix of different nights and promotions. So
much so that owner Gary decided to take
the plunge and launch a second venue.
He’s taken over the bar formerly known
as Rush (on the corner of Frith Street and
Old Compton Street), and called in the
builders to give the place a complete
makeover. The results were unveiled at the
beginning of February.
The new venue may appear small from
the outside, but it offers a deceptively
large selection of different areas. There’s a
ground floor bar and small first floor bar
overlooking Frith Street, each of which
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can hold approximately 40 people and
which will be open throughout the
afternoon and evening. Then there’s
the basement, which is split into three
different areas, and which offers a
slightly more exclusive ‘lounge’ feel for
the evenings. Gary is running the venue
very much as a daytime and early
evening destination, and is hopeful
customers will start their evening in the
Frith Street Ku before ending it in the
bigger premises on Lisle Street. Either
way, as the first new gay bar to open in
Soho in many a month, the new Ku has
brought a welcome blast of fresh air to
the Old Compton Street scene!
The Ku Bar, 25 Frith Street, W1.
www.ku-bar.com
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Given the cold snap that
descended over the UK, February
may have been the best month
to hold an underwear party, but
after entering the super heated arches
at XXL last week, we were more than
happy to shuck our outer layers and
join the party. We weren’t the only
ones, although perhaps dissuaded by
the sub-zero temperatures outside,
plenty of others opted to stay clothed.
The spoilsports!
That said, everyone seemed to be
having a great time. The XXL crowd
seems to be getting more diverse
every time we visit, and in keeping
with their mantra of “one size fits
all”, there were bears, twinks, muscle
boys and even a couple of big
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wigged trannies! The four arches
are home to three distinct music
genres – spanning everything
from old school disco and pop to
cutting edge electro and in the
main room Christian M played his
signature sound of big anthems and
Freemason remixes that had all the
arms in the air. With quiet bar areas,
relaxing sofas, outside terraces and a
cruise zone, there really is something
for everyone – and on this occasion
there were even a couple of cute
muscle boys flag-waving in the
main room!
XXL, The Arches, 51-53
Southwark Street, SE1.
www.xxl-london.com
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HIGHLIGHTS
VAUXHALL VARIETY
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As we reported last month, Popstarz is temporarily running each Friday night at the
Bloomsbury Ballroom – until it can move into its new central London home. This
stunning art deco ballroom is just ten minutes walk from its previous home on Charing
Cross Road, and offers a couple of distinct areas. Enjoy the indie and pop in the main
ballroom (everything from the Killers and Kings Of Leon to Blondie and Britney), chill out
in the Popstarz Library, or hang out in either of the two bars (with a happy hour each
between 9 and 10pm). Get along on Friday 6 March for the club’s own ‘Kill Bill Ball’,
when the team will be transforming the venue into the House Of Blue Leaves. The night
will feature the “Black Mamba R’n’B Lounge, a karaoke bar, Crazy 88 dancers, sumo ring,
Tea House, origami corner, Japanese snacks and Deadly Viper cocktails.”They’ll also be
carrying out Tarantino-inspired transformations, should you wish to be turned into a
“blood-splattered bride, samurai, naughty nurse, crazy 88 gangster or schoolgirl assassin.”
Doors will be open from 9pm till 3am, and for more details, check www.
popstarz.org
RUGGER BUGGERS
The boys down at XXL have a couple of big parties lined up over the coming weeks. Always happy
to commemorate the patron saints, on Saturday 28 February they’ll be throwing a party for St
David’s Day. This is followed on Saturday 14 March by a ‘Green Party’ in honour of St Patrick’s Day and
the birthday of promoter Mark Ames. That’s followed on Wednesday 18 March by a St Patrick’s Hair
of the Dog Party. Looking a little further ahead, Fusion will be returning on bank holiday Sunday
(12 Apr) with another guest slot from the Freemasons – put that one in your diaries now.
The guys are also loving the current Six Nations rugby tournament and are screening selected Six
Nations matches. Get along on Saturday 28 February for Scotland vs Italy and Ireland vs England, the
14 March for Italy vs Wales and Scotland vs Ireland, and 21 March for Italy vs France, England vs
Scotland and Wales vs Ireland. Doors open at 5pm for screenings, with free entry before 8pm
(all those who arrive before 8pm can stay on for free to XXL – a bargain!).
www.xxl-london.com
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SUNDAY
The beginning of the month brings
with it another dose of Decadence
– The Secret Society. This
upmarket and sophisticated get
together takes place on the first
Sunday of the month at bespoke
members club No.5 Cavendish
Square. This new Sunday Tea Dance
offers an afternoon of networking
and socializing, with beautiful boys
in powdered wigs bringing a touch
of Versailles to the proceedings!
Doors will be open from 5pm right
through till 2am (admission £10), so
you can call in for an early evening
rendezvous if you have work to worry
about on the Monday morning. But
be warned… once you enter, you
may find it hard to tear yourself away!
Spinning the sounds will be Mark
Bambach and The Oli, while your
hostess is Holly Penfeld. If you want
to make a proper evening of it, table
bookings (two-course meal plus
Champagne £20, three-courses plus
Champagne £25) can be reserved by
calling Richard on 07951314486.
www.No5ltd.com
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As always, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern has a whole host of great nights lined up over the
coming weeks. Highlights, amongst the many events taking place, include Nite Wreckage
with comic performer Celine Hispiche on Tuesday 24 February. She’ll be performing three
comic monologues, and then teaming up with Dave Ball (Soft Cell) to perform some footstomping songs! Dave Ball will then perform a DJ set. That will be followed on Wednesday
25 February by ‘cabaret miscreant’ Ophelia Bitz with ‘It Speaks! Tales Of A Reluctant
Showgirl’. The Club Wotever team take over the club each Thursday from 5th March till 9th
April for a series of ‘Wotever Sex’ nights. Josephine Wilson, Jet Moon, Switch, Killpussy,
Hilda Eusebio and Mr Meredith present a series of ‘queerlesque shows devoted to the sex
lives of some truly unique performers – see them bare their innermost desires, secret
fantasies and insecurities about sex, sexuality, gender and whatever else rocks their boats!’
Another very exciting series of nights will be running each Tuesday from 17 March till 21
April. Scott Capurro’s Position will be a live chat show, featuring very special guests
each week. Confirmed for the launch party are Graham Norton and Richard Thomas,
while guests confirmed for later in the run include Brian Paddick (31 March), Bill Bailey
and Phil Jupitus (7 April), and Julian Clary and Ken Livingstone (21 April). Admission
for this special series of chat shows will be £8 (doors open at 7pm with show at 8pm).
Besides this, the venue hosts its regular nightly promotions, such as Timberlina’s Bingo pub
night, Saturday nighter Duckie, and the Sunday Chill-Out/S.L.A.G.S session.
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern, 372 Kennington Lane, Vauxhall, SE11.
www.rvt.org.uk
Tickets for RVT Weeknights are now available on TicketWeb (www.
ticketweb.co.uk ) and www.lastminute.com
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LO-PROFILE
Stylish subterranean club Lo-Profile is
also open for late night dance action on
Friday and Saturday nights, with residents
DJs on rotation Steve Pitron, Paul Heron,
Brent Nicholls, Gonzalo, Gary H, Luke
Hope, Nick Head and Alessandro – check
out the action at 84-85 Wardour Street,
Soho, W1. As we were going to press,
QSoft (which runs Lo-Profile and Gaydar)
announced that Gaydar and Matinée
Group have signed a global partnership
agreement that makes the Gaydar brand
the first official sponsor of CIRCUIT
Festival ’09. This year’s CIRCUIT Festival
runs from the 1st of August until the 9th
in Barcelona. A package of marketing and
advertising has been agreed to promote
this year’s event with exclusive content and
competitions being offered to Gaydar’s five
million members, and the event will be
supported with digital and radio ads across
the Gaydar portfolio from March.
PHOTO © CHRIS JEPSON
VENUES:
CENTRAL LONDON
TRANNY FREEDOM
79 CXR, 79 Charing Cross Road,
WC2. 020 7734 0769. Leicester
Square tube. Mon-Sat 1pm-3am,
Sun 1pm-10.30pm. Cover charge
after 11pm. Large, cruisy, late-night
bar - always busy after 10.30pm
with those who don’t want to head
home too early.
Following the
unexpected closure of
the Soho Revue Bar,
leading midweek night
ADMIRAL DUNCAN, 54 Old
Trannyshack has been
Compton Street, W1. 020 7437
forced to find itself a new
5300. Leicester Square tube.
home. After three and a
Friendly, traditional gay pub - just
half years at the historic
look out for the purple and pink
Soho venue, hosts Dusty
exterior!
O, Tasty Tim and their
collective gaggles of
BARCODE, 3-4 Archer Street,
gorgeous man-girls have
W1. 020 7734 3342. www.
made the move across the
bar-code.co.uk. Piccadilly Circus
road to Freedom. They
tube. Mon-Sat 4pm-1.30am. Sun
reckon Freedom is perfectly until 10.30pm. Dance bar on three
suited to hold the night,
floors, with club-style basement.
being in the heart of Soho
Comedy Camp stand-up night
and featuring a camp and
each Tuesday, and more dancecolourful interior boasting
oriented sessions at weekends.
over 200 mirroballs! There’s
also a stage, allowing the
THE BOX, 32-34 Monmouth
team to continue to hold
Street, Seven Dials, WC2. 020
their weekly open mic
7240 5828. Leicester Square tube.
performances and live acts,
11am-11pm. Stylish and
plus a couple of poles for
award-winning gay café
dancing. Trannyshack runs every
bar popular with
Wednesday night, and admission
scene and
is free for anyone in drag, or £5 for
everyone else.
Freedom, 66 Wardour Street, W1.
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muscle queens. Frequent
exhibitions on the walls and
great food.
CANDY BAR, 4 Carlisle Street, W1.
020 7494 4041. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Mon-Thu 5-11.30pm. Fri
& Sat 5pm-2am. Sun 5-11pm. Longrunning and famed lesbian bar.
COMPTONS, 52 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7479 7961.
Leicester Square tube. Noon-11pm.
A Soho institution. Large, traditional
gay boozer on two floors, attracting
a butch and manly crowd. www.
comptons-of-soho.co.uk
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON,
77 Wardour Street, W1. 020 7439
1274. Piccadilly Circus tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
noon-midnight, ‘til 10.30pm
on Sun. Traditional and fun gay
pub over two floors, attracting a
good cross-section from across
the scene.
ESCAPE, 10a Brewer Street, W1.
020 7734 2626. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 5pm-3am. Cover charge after
11pm. Every night’s a party at this
late-night video dance bar.
EXILIO, LSE Underground,
Houghton Street (off Kingsway),
Aldwych, WC2. Long-running,
Saturday night gay Latin and salsa
night. Open 10pm till 3am. www.
exilio.co.uk
FIRST OUT CAFÉ, 52 St Giles
High Street, WC2. 020 7240 8042.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
10am-11pm. Sun 10.30pm. Over
20 years old and still going strong.
Long-running community café bar.
FREEDOM, 66 Wardour Street,
W1. 020 7734 0071. Piccadilly v
Circus tube. Opulent style bar, with
late-night club promotions for a
mixed, metrosexual crowd.
www.freedombarsoho.com
FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 79 Wardour
Street, WC1. Trendy and unique,
intimate basement bar with
quirky decor and fun atmosphere
– attracts a mixed crowd.
G-A-Y BAR, 30 Old Compton
Street, W1. 020 7494 2756.
Leicester Square tube. 12pm12am. Huge, poptastic gay bar,
with a multitude of video screens,
pop tunes and drinks promotions.
www.g-a-y.co.uk
G-A-Y LATE, 5 Goslett Yard,
off Charing Cross Road, WC2.
Tottenham Court Road tube.
11pm-3am. Late-night sister
venue to G-A-Y Bar – more video
screens, camp pop fun and cheap
drinks.Gets very busy most nights
of the week.
G-A-Y, along with Monday nighter
Popcorn and Wednesday’s urban
session Work! Check www.g-ay.co.uk for details
THE KINGS ARMS, 23 Poland
Street, W1. 020 7734 5907.
Oxford Circus tube. Mon-Thur
12pm–11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am,
Sun 12pm-11.30pm. London’s bar
for bears and blokes. Traditional
atmosphere, pool table upstairs
and BearHug each Friday.
KUDOS, 10 Adelaide Street, WC2.
020 7379 4573. Charing Cross
tube. 3pm-11pm, Sat noon-11pm,
Sun noon-10.30pm. Beautiful and
stylish café bar (great food!), with
clubbier vibe and video screens in
the basement. Popular with Asian
crowd. Weekend jazz sessions in
the basement.
KU BAR, 30 Lisle Street, Leicester
Square, WC2. 020 7437 4303.
Leicester Square tube. Large,
award-winning, upmarket gay
bar spread over three floors, open
till 3am daily and always busy
throughout the week. www.
ku-bar.co.uk
KU BAR SOHO, 25 Frith Street,
W1. Leicester Square tube. New,
smaller sister venue to Lisle Street
Ku Bar, with entrances on Old
Compton Street and Frith Street
- open till 11pm daily.. www.
ku-bar.co.uk
LO-PROFILE, The Basement,
84-85 Wardour Street, W1. Swanky,
sophisticated, 400-capacity
late-night basement bar and club
space – from the people that bring
you gaydar.co.uk. Open till 2am
Thursdays, 4am weekends, and
10.30pm
Sundays. www.
gaydarprofile.com
LONG YANG CLUB, long-running
social group for East Asian gay
guys and friends. Regular parties
and social events. Check website at
www.lyclondon.com for full details.
PROFILE, 56 Frith Street, Soho,
W1. Tottenham Court Road tube.
Stylish, big gay bar, owned by the
team at Gaydar.co.uk – spread over
three floors, with internet access
and Gaydar radio.
THE QUEBEC, 12 Old Quebec
Street, WC1. 020-7629 6159.
Marble Arch tube. Long-running
and huge pub, on two floors,
attracting an older crowd. Open till
3am at weekends. Off the beaten
Soho track but well worth checking
out. www.thequebec.co.uk
RETRO BAR, 2 George Court,
WC2. 020 7321 2811. Charing
Cross tube. Mon-Fri noon-11. Sat
5pm-11pm, Sun 5pm-11pm.
A traditional boozer for the gay
scene’s indie, alternative and
student-types – Tuesday’s pop quiz
is an institution.
RUPERT STREET, 50 Rupert
Street, W1. 020 7292 7141.
Piccadilly Circus tube. 12-11pm, Sun
10.30pm. Large, designer style bar,
popular with professional gay boyz.
SHADOW LOUNGE, 5 Brewer
Street, W1. 020-7287 7988.
Piccadilly tube. Exclusive, gorgeous,
late-night bar and club for A-list
gays and celeb-spotters. Open from
late each evening.
www.theshadowlounge.com
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open to all. www.enclavesoho.com
THE GREEN CARNATION,
4-5 Greek Street, Soho, W1.
020-7434 3323. Stylish,
three-floored late night gay
venue, with bar, dancefloor
and nightly promotions.
Attracts a mixed crowd. www.
greencarnationsoho.co.uk
THE EDGE, 11 Soho Square, W1.
020 7439 1313. Tottenham Court
Road tube. Noon-1am, Sun 2pm11.30pm. Stylish, hip gay bar
spread over four intimate floors,
with regular nights from top DJs,
regular piano bar and tasty food
menu.
HALFWAY TO HEAVEN,
7 Duncannon Street, WC2. 020
7321 2791. Charing Cross tube.
Mon-Thu noon-11pm, Fri & Sat
12pm-12am. Old-style gay pub
spread over two floors.
THE ENCLAVE, 25-27 Brewer
Street, W1. Intimate, lounge bar
and basement club, offering
members-bar atmosphere but
HEAVEN, The Arches, Villiers
Street, WC2. Charing Cross Road
tube. Huge, world-famous gay
club, which is now home to
GUTTER STARS
The Gutterslut team return on Saturday 28 February to
Images, 483 Hackney Road, E2. One of Shoreditch’s most
debauched, queer and freaky electro offerings, sounds
will come from Per QX, Elliot J Brown, Nic Fisher and Ralf
O, with Miss Crystal MC. PrickImage and the ‘Dalston Gay
Mafia’ will be supplying visuals. Doors are open from 11pm
till 5am, with admission £6 before midnight and £8
after. For more details, check the myspace site at
www.myspace.com/gutterslutuk
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SWEATBOX, 1-2 Ramillies
Street, Soho, W1. 020-3214 6014.
Exclusively gay gym (ground floor)
and sauna (first floor), which now
hosts occasional late-night parties
with a late-night alcohol licence.
Open Sun-Thurs noon-midnight,
and till 5am Friday and Saturday.
www.sweatboxsoho.com.
VAULT 139, 139 Whitfield Street,
W1. 020-7388 5500. Newlyopened, central, daytime intimate
cruise club, for a men-only crowd.
Open 1pm-1am seven days a
week. www.vault139.com
VILLAGE, 81 Wardour Street, W1.
020 7434 2124. Piccadilly Circus
tube. 12-1am, Sun 11.30pm. Late
night door charge. Soho’s original
gay café bar, spread over four floors,
REVOLVER RELOADED
NORTH LONDON
THE BLACK CAP, 171 Camden
High Street, NW1. 020 7485 0538.
Camden Town tube. Shufflewick
Bar: Mon-Thu Noon-1am, Fri-Sat
12noon-2am, Sun Noon-10.30pm.
Club: Mon-Thu 10pm-2am, Fri-Sat
10pm-3am, Sun 10pm-1am.
Long-running, famed gay pub
– probably the most famous
cabaret pub in London, with nightly
DJs and entertainment. www.
theblackcap.com
CENTRAL STATION,
37 Wharfdale Road, N1. Tel: 020
7278 3294. Kings Cross tube. MonWed 5pm-2am, Thur 5pm-3am,
Fri 5pm-4am, Sat 1pm-4am, Sun
1pm-12am. Big gay bar on three
floors, with ground floor cabaret
and infamously cruisy cruise nights
in basement. Upstairs restaurant
offering gastropub menu. www.
centralstation.co.uk
COSMO LOUNGE, 43 Essex Road,
N1. Tel: 020 7688 0051. Angel tube.
Sun-Wed 2pm-Midnight, Thu-Sat
2pm-1am. Long, narrow, intimate
gay bar popular with locals girls
and boys.
EGG, 200 York Way, Kings Cross,
N7. Tel: 020 7609 8364. Kings Cross
tube. Bespoke club space on three
floors, hosting occasional gay club
nights and after-hours sessions
(mixed afterhours every Saturday
night).
THE GREEN, 74 Upper Street,
N1. 020-7704 0713. Angel tube.
London’s first ‘gay gay-stropub!’
Stylish, Islington bar, serving full
food menu and wide range of
cocktails. Mixed, chilled crowd
- now run by the same team as The
Edge in Soho.
KING EDWARD VI, 25 Bromfield
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Get along to the Village (81
Wardour Street) this March for a very
special evening of entertainment. A
Stage Kindly is a touring musical
revue, featuring a handful of singers
performing songs from new and fringe
musical theatre shows. Its aim is to
bring the works to a wider audience,
and to generate interest for the shows
from which the songs derive. The revue
features songs from across the genre
of musical theatre – from big, belty
old-school numbers through to the
more contemporary work – full details
of both shows and songs can be found
at www.astagekindly.com
The revue is touring several small
venues in London and Brighton this
March, and it will be touching down
at the Village in Soho on Sunday 8
March and Sunday 29 March at 8pm.
Admission to the show will be £10.
www.village-soho.co.uk
THE YARD, 57 Rupert Street, W1.
020 7437 2652. Piccadilly Circus
tube. Mon-Thur 4pm-11pm, Fri
& Sat 1pm-11pm, Sun 1pm1.10.30pm. Busy gay bar with
hugely popular courtyard area,
outdoor balcony and cosy loft bar.
CLUB KALI, The Dome, 1
Dartmouth Park Hill, Tufnell Park,
N19. World’s biggest lesbian and
gay Asian music night, running
every third Friday of the month.
Always busy and rather unique.
www.clubkali.com
Following its successful relaunch at the Fridge in Brixton,
Revolver will be returning to SW9 for another night
of circuit-style clubbing on Saturday 28 February 2009.
Following successful stints at the Scala and Astoria (R.I.P!),
Revolver has now made the infamous Fridge its new
home. Expect amazing production values, stunning shows,
gorgeous go-gos, spectacular lighting and heart thumping
sound system all topped off with some continental passion.
This month’s party will have a ‘Boxing’ theme, so expect
a show with hunks in boxing shorts and glamorous girls
holding the numbers aloft. There might even be some locker
room action!
Special guest DJ Danny Verde will be jetting in from
Italy, joining residents Oliver M, Paul Heron, Pagano and
Alessandro, while a PA will come from Diva Houston. Doors
will be open from 10pm till 7am, and you’ll find the Fridge
on Town Hall Parade, Brixton, SW9. For tickets – see
www.evolvedevents.co.uk
VILLAGE REVUE
and now with basement dancefloor
and discos. Popular with a youngish
crowd of boys and girls.
Street, N1. Tel: 020 7704 0745.
Angel tube. Sun-Thu 12noon12midnight, Thu 12noon-1am,
Fri-Sat 12noon-2am. Very
long-running gay pub, with ‘local’
atmosphere and character, plus
popular beer garden.
KW4, 77 Hampstead High Street,
NW3. 020-7435 5747. Large, cosy,
traditional old gay pub, with regular
entertainment, beer garden and
food. One of London’s longestrunning gay establishments. www.
kw4.co.uk
THE LOAD OF HAY, 207 Pinner
Road, Watford, 01923-441113.
Watford‚s only gay pub, with
big beer garden and regular
entertainment! www.loadofhay.
co.uk
THE OAK BAR, 79 Green Lanes,
N16. 020-7354 2791.
Manor House tube. Friendly,
diverse gay bar with late-night
club promotions, and open ‘til 3am
at weekends. Very popular with
lesbians and male friends. www.
oakbar.com
ON THE ROCKS, 25 Kingsland
Road, E2. Underground Shoreditch
venue that hosts the weekly Trailer
Trash club night each Friday – the
‘Dirty Eastend Gay Ravebox!’ www.
clubtrailertrash.com
PLAYPIT, 76 Caledonian Road,
N1. Intimate, King’s Cross sleaze
club – basically a basement
darkroom. Open Thur-Sat
9pm-3am, Sun 3pm-7pm and
8pm-1am. Take your own
booze.
www.londonplaypit.co.uk
SOUTH LONDON
AREA, 67-68 Albert Embankment,
SE1. Gorgeously-designed, hard
dance club and cabaret rooms,
with eclectic roster of different gay
nights, one-off promotions, plus
cruise nights like Rude Boyz. www.
areaclub.info
BARCODE VAUXHALL, Arch 69,
Albert Embankment, SE11. 0207
734 3342. Vauxhall tube. Open 7
days a week. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am,
Fri-Sun 4pm-4am. Very popular
club bar, with dancefloor and
mezzanine chill-out space - gets
busy at weekends.
CLUB COLOSSEUM, 1 Nine
Elms Lane, Vauxhall, SW8. Huge,
late-night venue for after-hours
crowd – hosting various monthly
promotions such as Bootylicious,
Matinee and Megawoof.
THE EAGLE, 349 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7793 0903. Mon,
Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 9pm-late, Tue
7.30-10.30pm, Sun 4pm-2am.
Vauxhall tube. Large, club-bar
with nightly promotions. Tonker
(Fridays), Berlin (Saturdays) and
Horse Meat Disco (Sundays)
are particularly popular. www.
eaglelondon.com
EGO, 82 Norwood High Street,
SE27. 020 8761 5200. West
Norwood BR. Sun-Thu 8pm-late,
7pm-4am. Door charge on
weekend. Large, popular bar and
club, attracting big crowds at
weekends.
www.ego-southernpride.co.uk
WEEKLY SPEAKEASY
Following the success of its party in January, Queer
Nation is coming back on a regular basis. The longrunning night returned last month to the Brixton club
where it ran for so many years. Hundreds turned up to party
the night away at Nsomnia (9 Brighton Terrace, SW9)
– delighting both the venue and promoter Patrick Lilley. So,
the Queer Nation Speakeasy will be a regular weekly fixture
at the venue from Friday 20 February. Doors open from
midnight-6am, with DJs Matt Lamont, Pierre, Miss Bailey
and Jeffrey Hinton. Admission is £6 or £5 with a flyer/NUS.
PHOTO © BERNARD MILLER/WWW.PRESQUEVU.COM
SOHO REVUE BAR, 11 Walkers
Court (off Brewer Street), W1.
020-7734 0377. Legendary Soho
cabaret club, attracting very gay
crowd with nightly cabaret, gigs
and burlesque.
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CAMP ATTACK
G-A-Y is continuing to pull in the punters at its new home at Heaven. Following recent
appearances from Lily Allen, Lady GaGa and Duffy, host Jeremy Joseph was still in the
process of confirming PA for the month of June. However, the flagship Saturday isn’t the
only night that the club has to offer. The Friday night G-A-Y Camp Attack also has a huge
following, with hundred of boys and girls enjoying an unpretentious and fun-filled night of
classic retro pop and cheese. The main floor offers up non-stop 70s and 80s, with sounds
from the 90s in the Star Bar. For those of you who really like things a bit more contemporary
(or are just too young to remember!), you can catch sounds from the last ten years in the
Pop Room. Doors are open from 11pm till 4am, and you can pick up free entry wristbands
and flyers from the G-A-Y Bar on Old Compton Street.
For full details about this, Thursday night’s G-A-Y Porn Idol, or the G-A-Y Saturday night
extravaganzas, check the website at www.g-a-y.co.uk
FACTORY, 65 Goding Street, SE11.
Stylish, railway arch Vauxhall venue,
hosting occasional dance and
cruise nights.
HIDDEN, 100 Timworth Street,
SE11. Railway arch venue, home
to infamous Hard On night once a
month (www.hardonclub.co.uk).
THE FORT, 131 Grange Road,
SE1. 020-7237 7742. Small cruise
club, open till 11pm throughout
week, with regular boots-only and
underwear parties.
www.thefortlondon.com
THE HOIST, Arch 47c, South
Lambeth Road, SW8. 020 7735
9972. 10pm-late. Door charge and
strict dress code. One of London’s
most famous dress-code and cruise
clubs - busy with a men-only
crowd. Open Friday-Sunday and
occasional Thursdays (SM Gays
every third Thursday of the month
- www.smgays.org). www.
thehoist.co.uk
FIRE, South Lambeth Road,
Vauxhall, SW8. Vauxhall tube.
Infamous, late-night gay venue
beneath the Vauxhall railway
arches, host to the likes of Orange,
A:M, Horizon and Gravity. Open
around the clock at weekends.
www.allthingsorange.com or
www.fireclub.co.uk
THE FRIDGE, Town Hall Parade,
Brixton, SW9. 020 7326 5100.
Brixton tube. Large and legendary
venue - formerly a theatre. Now
home to occasional gay club
nights such as Love Muscle and
Revolver. www.fridge.co.uk and
www.lovemusclexx.co.uk
THE GEORGE & DRAGON, 2
BlackheathHill, Greenwich, SE10.
020 8691 3764. Deptford Bridge
DLR. Mon-Thu 4pm-1am, Fri &
Sat 4pm-4am, Sun 4pm-2am.
Late-night pub with nightly
entertainment and cabaret. www.
gandd.org.uk
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JACKIE’S JUKEBOX, Rivoli
Ballroom, 350 Brockley Road,
SE4. First Saturday of the
month, 7pm-midnight (£7).
Gay ballroom and Latin dancing
night, attracting up to 300
dancers a month to the glam
1950s-style Rivoli Ballroom.
Crofton Park BR. www.therivoli.
co.uk
KAZBAR, 50 Clapham High Street,
SW4. 020 7622 0070. Clapham
North tube. Mon-Thu 4pmmidnight, Fri 4pm-1am, Sat noon1am, Sun noon-midnight. Clapham
video bar, popular throughout the
week, with DJs at weekends.
LITTLE APPLE, 98 Kennington
Lane, SE11. 020 7735 2039.
Kennnigton tube. Open 7 days a
week. Small, traditional gay boozer
for local gay boys and girls - open
till 1.30am Fri-Sat.
customers each Saturday with
uplifting dance anthems and
occasional guest DJs.
PLAY PIT SOUTH, 64 Tyres Street,
Vauxhall, SE11. Sleazy, late-night
cruise club - no DJ and bring your
own booze! Open Fri-Sat 9pm2am, Sun 3pm-midnight (£8).
www.londonplaypit.co.uk
EAST LONDON
ROYAL VAUXHALL TAVERN,
372 Kennington Lane, SE11.
020 7840 0596. Opening times
vary. Vauxhall tube. Door Charge.
Huge, traditional and historic gay
pub, with long history of hosting
cabaret. Packed to rafters on
Saturday (Duckie) and Sunday
(S.L.A.G.S/Chill-Out). Check www.
rvt.org.uk or the facebook group RV
Taverners for information.
THE STAG, 15 Bressenden Place,
SW1. 020 7828 7287. Victoria
tube. Mon & Tue midday-midnight,
Wed-Fri midday-2am, Sat 5pm2am, Sun 4pm-midnight. Dark and
atmospheric gay bar in Victoria,
with occasional cabaret and DJs at
weekends.
286, 286 Lewisham High Street,
SE14. 020-8690 7648. Large,
late-opening gay pub and club,
with regular entertainment, DJs and
cabaret. Open till 2am Sun-Thur
and till 4am Fri-Sat. www.two8six.
co.uk
THE ANGEL, 21 Church Street,
E15. Tel: 020 8555 1148. Stratford
BR and tube. Big gay pub, always
popular at weekends, with regular
cabaret, DJs and disco nights.
THE BACKSTREET, Wentworth
Mews, off Burdett Road, E3.
020-8980 8557. Over 24 years
old – small but legendary East
End dress code leather club, open
Thur-Sun. Very strict rubber and
leather dresscode, ensuring a
wide and loyal following. www.
thebackstreet.com
THE BLACK HORSE, 168 Mile
End Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790
1684. Mile End tube. Mon-Thurs
8pm-1am, Fri-Sat 8pm-3am, Sun
8pm-1am. Late-opening,East End
cabaret bar and disco.
BISTROTHEQUE, 23-27 Wadeson
St, E2. Tel: 020 8983 7900.
Bethnal Green tube. Very mixed,
gay/straight crowd of trendy
metrosexuals. Great bar, restaurant,
plus separate cabaret room. www.
bistrotheque.com
CHARLIE’S BAR, 124 Globe
Road, E1. Tel: 020 7790 1007.
Whitechapel tube. Recently
refurbished, Moroccan style
– friendly, local gay bar.
GHETTO OLD STREET, 58 Old
Street, EC1. 020-7287 3726. Trendsetting gay club venue - now in
a new Old Street home! Spread
over two floors, with Trash Palace
bar upstairs (open from 5pm) and
late night club downstairs. Nightly
alternative promotions, such as Kill
Your Pets (Fri) and Wig Out (Sat).
www.ghetto-london.co.uk
THE JOINERS ARMS, 116
Hackney Road, E2. Tel: 020 7739
9854. Debauched decadence
– old-skool boozer popular with
post-club crowd at weekends. Gets
busy later in the evenings.
KINGS HEAD, 11 Church
Street, E15. Tel: 020 8534 0197
Stratford BR and tube. Intimate
and welcoming East End gay pub
– regular cabaret. Open till late
throughout the week.
THE TRAFALGAR ARMS,
148 Tooting High Street, SW17.
020-8767 6059. A spacious, lively,
attitude-free pub. Excellent food
served all day. Weekly DJs on Friday
and Saturday nights. Karaoke on
Wednesdays.
THE TWO BREWERS,
114 Clapham High Street, SW4.
020 7819 9539. Clapham Common
tube. Mon-Thu 5pm-2am, Fri & Sat
5pm-4am. South London’s most
famed gay cabaret venue. Large
bar and separate dancefloor room.
It’s been pulling in the punters for
over 20 years.
www.the2brewers.com
UNION, 66 Albert Embankment,
SE1. 020-7793 9262. Cruisy dance
club which hosts monthly parties
such as Growl and afterhours party
Menergy. Plays areas and hot gogo’s. www.clubunion.co.uk
XXL, The Arches, 51-53 Southwark
Street, SE1. www.xxl-london.
com. London Bridge tube. Huge
world-famous club for bears, big
men and admirers, on Saturday
and Wednesday. Pulls in 1,000+
SALVATION GOES EAST
Another date for your spring diary is Sunday 12 April. That’s
the date that mega-party Salvation returns to London.
Following the problems experience at the club on New
Year’s Day at the Hippodrome, the team have been scouring
London for a new venue… and have settled upon The
Troxy. No, we’ve never heard of it before either, but it’s
apparently a 1930s art deco theatre in Limehouse that has
recently been restored to its former glory. The team say that
it’s even bigger and better than the Hippodrome, with a
capacity of over 2,000! The venue will boast more bars and
cloakrooms, with friendly security, plus an excellent VIP
balcony and separate VIP room. This Easter Party will take
place at the slightly later time of 8pm, with a VIP pre-party
from 7pm. Tickets go on sale soon – keep checking www.
salvation-london.com for more details on DJ’s and
performers, or for more details on the venue check
www.troxy.co.uk
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LAST DAYS OF DECADENCE,
145 Shoreditch High Street, E1.
Old Street tube. Recently opened
designer bar and club, decked
out in retro 1920. Host to mixed
Friday nighter Circus with
celebrated drag hostess Jodie
DJ Max Morel
RAPIDO RESPONSE
Following its storming launch party, circuit-style Dutch
dance night Rapido returns to London on Sunday 1 March.
Once again, it will be taking over the amazing Koko
in Camden. Doors will be open from 5pm till 2am, and
spinning the funky house and hard dance sounds will be
Italy’s Giangi Cappai, Amsterdam’s Max Morel (Matinee,
Salvation, White Party, Muccassasina, Space) and London’s
very own Pagano. The night is sponsored by the likes of
Aussiebum, gaydar and Atlantis gay cruises, and promises
to pull in a huge number of sexed-up hunks and dance
lovers. Advance tickets cost £15 or £20 VIP – they’re
available now from Prowler, Clone Zone or The Box Bar.
Alternatively, check www.clubtickets.com or www.
clubrapido.com
You’ll find Koko at 1a Camden High Street, NW1 (that’s the
Mornington Crescent end of the High Street).
www.clubrapido.com
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Harsh (www.jodieharsh.com)
from 9.30pm till 2.30am. www.
thelastdaysofdecadence.com
THE OLD SHIP, 17 Barnes
Street, E14. Tel: 020 7790 4082.
Limehouse DLR. Open from 7pm
Mon & Tue, from 6pm Wed-Sat,
from 4pm on Sun. Small, local,
traditional pub, with regular
cabaret - five minutes’ walk from
BJ’s White Swan (see below).
BJ’s WHITE SWAN,
556 Commercial Road, E1. Tel: 020
7780 9870. Limehouse DLR. Mon
9pm-1am Tue-Thu 9pm-2am,
Fri-Sat 9pm-3am, Sun 5.30pmmidnight. A large, long-running
gay pub and club, open throughout
the week and legendary across
London! Wednesday’s Amateur
Strip is an institution. www.
bjswhiteswan.com
WEST LONDON
THE CULVERT, 54 Cowley Mill
Road, Uxbridge. 01895 256 690.
Uxbridge tube. Mon-Wed 4pm-1am,
Thu noon-2am, Fri & Sat noon-3am,
Sun 3pm-1am. Regular discos,
cabaret, karaoke and one-off events.
Established, local gay venue.
www.theculvert.com
ESCAPE, 184 London Road,
Kingston-Upon-Thames, Surrey,
KT2. 020 8549 9911. Revamped,
long-running gay nightclub open
Wednesday-Sunday. www.escapenightclub.com
regular cabaret and entertainment
throughout the week. www.
windsorcastlehounslow.co.uk
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THE HOPE & ANCHOR, 20
Macbeth Street, Hammersmith,
W6. (contact mobile
- 07858281995). New gay pub
for Hammersmith and Chiswick.
Traditional boozer with nightly
entertainment – open noon11pm throughout week, with
popular karaoke at weekends.
THE RICHMOND ARMS, 20
The Square, off Princes Street,
Richmond. 020-8940 2118. Longrunning, traditional gay pub, with
regular cabaret and entertainment.
One of gay London’s better locals.
TED’S PLACE, 305a North End
Road, West Brompton, W14. 0207
385 9359. Earls Court or West
Brompton tube. Mon-Fri from 7pmlate, closed Sat & Sun. Small, West
London cruise club. Dark and sleazy.
www.tedsplaceuk.co.uk
WEST 5, Popes Lane, South
Ealing, W5. 020-8579 3266. Large,
popular gay pub with Piano Room
and cabaret bar, open till late at
weekends with entertainment
and DJs. Attracts a big local crowd
- particularly at weekends. www.
west5bar.co.uk
WINDSOR CASTLE, 152 Bath
Road, Hounslow, TW3. 0208577
6590. Large, local gay pub with
VICTORIAN CHILD
Following its big Valentines party on Sunday 15 February,
Love Child will be returning to Pacha in Victoria for
another circuit-style dance extravanganza on Sunday 29
March. Residents Per QX, Stewart Who?, Mattias and Tony
English will be joined by Brent Nichols and Leomeo, plus
very special guests the Hoxton Whores. Expect several
hundred buff boy clubbers and an opulent, sexy and refined
21st century clubbing experience. Advance tickets (£10) go
on sale at Prowler, The Box, DV8 and Bar Code, or online at
www.ClubTickets.com and www.AlexErfan.com
Alex Erfan is also the man responsible for bringing over the
world famous Hustlaball. Following last month’s hugely
successful Hustlaball London party, which took place in the
Vauxhall arches of Area and Depot, the 2009 Hustlaball date
has just been announced. Put Sunday 3 May in your diary
and start planning your outfit now! This year’s event will
take place in Vauxhall’s Renaissance Rooms, and will feature
ten world-class DJs and 40 different performers and adult
movie stars! We’ll bring you more details over the next
couple of months.
www.hustlaball.com
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PRIDE MOMENTS
Pride London has launched
a search to find those people
whose lives have been
changed by Pride events to
act as ambassadors for Pride
London 2009. Pride London
is looking to talk to anyone
who has a story to tell about
how Pride, or a Pride festival
event, and how it influenced
or changed their life in some
way, and to find out what
Pride means to them. They
are particularly keen to hear
from anyone who took part
in any marches or protests
before homosexuality was
decriminalized.
GROUPS//ORGS
Albert Kennedy Trust: 020
7831 6562 (London). Housing
advice for under 21s.
Antidote: 020 7437 3523.
Counselling, support groups,
Thurs drop-in, complementary
therapies around alcohol & drug
issues.
BKY - Alternative Jewish
Community: www.bkylondon.
org.uk Regular services and
events.
ELOP: 020 8509 3898. Support
and community events in
Walthamstow. Youth, advice,
counselling and groups.
Jewish Gay and Lesbian
Group: 020 8952 0137.
& questioning young people.
5-8pm Tues 079 4633 7160
Kairos: 020 7437 6063, www.
kairosinsoho.org.uk. 9 Archer St,
London W1D 7AZ.
South London Gays: 020 8672
5268/020 8674 5191.
www.slago.org.uk/slg. Friendly
social group.
Lesbian Gay Christian
Movement: 020 7739 1249,
[email protected]/www.lgcm.
org.uk.
HATECRIME
Lesbian & Gay Immigration
Group: www.uklgig.org.uk
– 020 7922 7811. Every Mon
2-6.30pm, Tue 10am-5pm
and Wed/Thur 10am-1.30pm.
Helpline and meetings.
One-Up: LGBT under-18 youth
group, meets every Monday
4-7pm (based in Hendon - North
West London) - contact Theresa
(PACE) 07504226793 (mobile).
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Groups
promoting lesbian and gay
health and wellbeing.
Quest LGB Catholics: 0808
808 0234.
Outrage!: 020 8240 0222.
Politics group. Regular meetings.
Regard: Regard, BM REGARD,
London WC1N 3XX, secretary@
regard.org.uk/www.regard.org.
uk. Disabled LGBT.
Step Out Tower Hamlets:
Social & support group for
gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans
NATIONAL STUDENT PRIDE
Bringing together LGBT students from all
over the UK, National Student Pride is
scheduled to take place on Sunday 8 March,
as part of this year’s Brighton Winter Pride
season. With previous events taking place in
Oxford and Manchester, this will be the first
time that National Student Pride has taken
place on the south coast. The event will
being with a pre-Pride party in Revenge
on the Saturday (7 March) before the main
event on the Sunday, which takes place at
%"
Gay Police Association:
Action Line 07092 700 000
(24hrs), [email protected].
Galop: 020 7704 2040. www.
galop.org.uk. For victims of hate
crime.
GLUG (GAY & LESBIAN UNDERWATER GROUP)
Cruisers basketball: 020 8960
0750 (Debbie)/ 020 7582 7009,
www.cruisers.org.uk (Jordi).
Mixed basketball.
London Amateur Wrestling:
www.law-wrestling.org
The Gay & Lesbian Underwater Group (GLUG) is a non-profit scuba diving club for
LGBT Choir: 07980 023578. Call
LGBTs and their friends – including a few straight divers who find the club a refreshing
change from the somewhat macho, hetero-male environment found in many other scuba
Michael for more information.
HIV//AIDS
clubs! GLUG has over 100 members (two thirds male) throughout the UK, with ages ranging
London Friend: 020 7837
from mid-20s to late 50s; and organises at least ten dive trips in the UK and overseas each
Crusaid: 020 7539 3880,
year. Trips planned for 2009 include Weymouth (May), Stromness / Scapa Flow (June),
3337. Groups in Islington.
Pembrokeshire (July), Plymouth (August) and the Southern Red Sea (September), to name
www.crusaid.org.uk.
Quaker London Lesbian &
but a few. GLUG recognises the following organisations and minimum qualifications as
GMFA: 020 7738 6872. The gay
proof of ability to dive: PADI Open Water, BSAC Club Diver, CMAS, SAA Elementary, NAUI
Gay Fellowship: Religious
Open Water Diver – and other equivalents. It also organises occasional “try dive” events for
group – 020 8675 6740.
men’s health charity.
absolute beginners; plus advises on training and discounts for certification and for diving
Metro Centre: 020 8265 3311, National AIDS Trust: 020 7814 equipment with gay-friendly commercial organisations. GLUG meets socially every first
Tuesday of the month, from 7.30pm-9pm, downstairs at Halfway to Heaven, in Charing
www.metrocentreonline.org.
6767, www.nat.org.uk.
Cross – plus at other times throughout the year. Membership costs just £10 per year,
Regular groups in Greenwich.
Terence Higgins Trust: 020renewing each January – or £5 if joining after July, for the remainder of the year. So go on:
Mosaic: 07931 336668. www.
78121777. Counselling Services. take the plunge!
www.glug.co.uk
mosaicyouth.org.uk. Youth
SPORTS
group, every Wednesday.
Gay and Lesbian Humanist
Association, (GALHA): 01926
858450, www.galha.org.
Regular London events.
Islington LGB Forum:
Rachael: 07989 747824. An
initiative between local police,
the council & victim support.
Stonewall: 020 7593 1850.
Campaign group for LGBT rights.
Frontrunners: 07092 346340,
www.londonfrontrunners.org.
Running group.
Goslings Swimming: 07814
258 055. Gay social (non
competitive) swimming group,
Thur 8.30pm-9.30pm.
www.goslingssportsclub.com
Irons: www.ironsgolf.org.uk .
Gay golfing, events for all levels.
King’s Cross Steelers Rugby
Football Club: 07090 421 367,
www.kxsrfc.com. Gay men’s rugby.
the Oceana club from 1 till 6pm. In addition
to the stalls, music and workshops, there
will be a Question Time-style debate chaired
by Wes Streeting, President of National
Union of Students (NUS). Panellists already
confirmed include: Aled Haydn Jones
(producer from the Chris Moyles Show and
Presenter of The Radio 1 Surgery), Dr David
Bull (TV personality and prospective MP),
Ruth Hunt (Head of Research and Policy
at Stonewall) and Nigel Tart (Green Party
LGBT Spokesperson, Schools Out and LGBT
London Guns ‘N’ Roses
Hockey Team:
Mixed hockey for all levels.
www.pinkhockey.com or email
[email protected]
Out to Swim: 07090 422
526, www.outtoswim.org. Gay
swimming group.
Raiders Softball Club: 07931
721 377, www.rainbowraiders.
com. Mixed baseball in Regents
Park / Primrose Hill area.
Stonewall Football Club:
07090 422 390. Sunday soccer.
HELPLINES
Broken Rainbow: LGBT
National Domestic Violence
Helpline. 08452 60 44 60 (Mon
and Thurs, 2-8pm/Weds, 10am1pm). www.broken-rainbow.
org.uk.
Dazz-elle: 020 8257 3068.
London drug/alcohol support.
London Lesbian & Gay
Switchboard: 020 7837 7324
POSITIVELINE: 0800-1696806.
HIV info and counselling
(weekdays: 11am-10pm and
weekends: 4pm -10pm). www.
eddiesurmantrust.org.uk
Stonewall Housing Advice:
020 7359 5767.
Stonewall infoline:
Information on all LGB rights
- 08000 50 20 20 (Mon- Fri
9.30am- 5.30pm).
London Friend: 020 7837
3337. Counselling service.
Unison: 0845 355 0845/0800
0967 968 (minicom). Works with
LGBT community about work
and employment problems.
PACE: 020 7700 1323. Health
and wellbeing. Tel info/support
on Saturdays, 1-3pm.
WANT TO GET LISTED?
Please send listings to
[email protected]
History Month representative). At 6pm the
action again moves back to Revenge for free
pizza and live music, and then there will be
a student bar crawl around Brighton’s gay
bars. At 10pm the event will culminate with
a massive club night in Brighton’s premier
sea front club – Digital – with live acts and
guest DJ Scott Mills from BBC Radio 1.
To purchase tickets and for more
information visit www.studentpride.
co.uk or check the group on facebook
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UK NEWS
CLONE ZONE BRAND SAVED
Clone Zone stores in London, Birmingham and Manchester
will continue trading. The struggling gay chain went into
administration in January, leading to the redundancy of many
staff and the closure of six of the business’s ten stores across the
UK. However, the business has now been sold to Libertybelle UK
Limited, which has taken on the Clone Zone brand, stock and
internet retail business.
WEB SUPPORT FOR MEN WITH HIV
Terrence Higgins Trust and Gaydar have teamed up to offer a
new online support group for gay men living with HIV. THT staff
will be on Gaydar in the “THT HIV+ Groupwork” chatroom on
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 5.30-8.30pm
until the end of March. From April onwards, the service is likely
to run two evenings a week. If gay men would like information
and support on sexual health matters via another method, they
can call THT Direct on 0845 12 21 200, email [email protected] or
visit www.tht.org.uk.
BMA RECOGNISES CONTRIBUTION OF LGBY
DOCTORS TO NHS
To mark February 2009’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
(LGBT) History Month, the BMA (British Medical Association)
has produced a report which describes the experiences of LGBT
doctors and medical students working in the NHS. Co-chair
of the BMA’s Equal Opportunities Committee (EOC), Dr Justin
Varney, commented, “Societal attitudes towards homosexuality
have changed over the years. Like the UK, the NHS has come
a long way in recognising sexual and gender equality since it
was founded in 1948. Many of the stories in the report show
that LGBT doctors are out and proud at work and this is brilliant
news, however, there are still accounts of discrimination which
shows we still have a long way to go.” Read the full report
at: www.bma.org.uk/employmentandcontracts/equality_
diversity/sexual_orientation
TATCHELL FUNDRAISER
A fundraising evening of
entertainment that took place
in London at the end of January
raised £3,412 for the Peter
Tatchell Human Rights Fund.
The event, which took place
at the Phoenix Arts Club on 28 January, featured David Hoyle,
Q Boy, Earl Grey, Dickie Beau, Miss Akimbo, Rex Melville, The
Flag Dancers, Fred from Bearlesque, Jeanie Dee, Gateaux Le
Chocolate, Luke Meredith, Ernesto Sarezale and Michela Da
Whore. Thanking everyone who contributed to the evening’s
success, Tatchell said afterwards that the £3,412 raised,
“exceeded the target of £1,000 by more than 300%. Not a
penny was taken in expenses by anyone. It will certainly cover
the costs of plenty of protest placards for the next few years.”
ICELAND’S LESBIAN PM
Johanna Sigurdardottir has become the first out lesbian Prime
Minister in the world. The 66-year-old Social Democratic
politician heads an interim administration in Iceland, following
the resignation of former Prime Minister Geil Haarde following
the collapse of the Icelandic banking system. Ms Gisladottir,
54, has been an MP since 1978. A former flight attendant
and mayor of Reykjavik, she has led her party since 2005.
It is believed she is the first openly gay person to lead any
government in the world, although her tenure may be a short
one. A general election to elect a new government has been
scheduled for 9 May 2009.
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BIRTHDAY
Gay’s The Word, the UK’s only surviving gay
bookstore, is celebrating its 30th birthday this month.
The store, at 66 Marchmont Street, Bloomsbury,
W1, is commemorating the event with a host of
promotions and events throughout the month of
February. If you go along on any remaining Saturday
in February, and wish the staff happy birthday when
making a purchase, they’ll knock 10% of the price
of your purchase. They’ve also hosted some special
readings. On Monday 23 March they play host to Matt
Cook, who’ll be speaking on ‘London and the Culture
of Homosexuality 1885-1914’.
Next month, get along on Thursday 19
March at 7pm for a reading from
acclaimed author Nick Alexander,
who will be reading from and signing
his books, including new novel Better
Than Easy. For more details,
check the website at: www.
gaystheword.co.uk
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CONFERENCE LAUNCHES
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INTERNATION NEWS
BAHAMAS
A 25-year-old male in the
Bahamas has been cleared of
murder by a court in Nassau
– after claiming a man he
stabbed three times was
trying to grope him. The
defence lawyer told jurors his
client was merely “defending
his manhood”. They agreed,
and his client walked free.
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MOROCCO:
An Italian resident has been
fined and jailed for four
months in Marrakech, on
charges of homosexuality and
taking and possessing porn
images – which he allegedly
shared with a network of
Moroccan and foreign gay
men. He will be deported on
completing his sentence.
...AND FINALLY
MORE SEX
It has been confirmed that there is to be a sequel to 2008’s
hugely-successful Sex & The City movie. Initial reports confirm
that the gay writer/director of the first film, Michael Patrick King
(who worked on many of the episodes of the original series),
has signed up to take the helm of film number two, which is
slated for a summer 2010 release.
EX-SENATOR CRAIG HALTS CHALLENGE TO COTTAGING CONVICTION
63-year old former US Senator Larry Craig has, at long last, accepted his 2007 conviction for lewd conduct in a Minneapolis
airport toilet. While maintaining he was not trying to solicit sex from an undercover cop – and was merely adopting a “wide
stance” in his cubicle - he says further attempts to quash his initial guilty plea, made at the scene, are a “futile exercise”.
ELTON JOHN: OFFICIAL ICON OF SPECTACLES
Gay pop megastar Sir Elton John has been named “Britain’s most iconic glasses
wearer” in a poll by optical retail giants Specsavers, safely seeing off the likes of John
Lennon, Dame Edna Everage, Eric Morecambe – even Her Majesty The Queen. He is
rumoured to own over 20,000 pairs.
PANTS FURY
A row erupted between rival fashion designers at the recent Milan Fashion Week… and all over a pair of trousers! On the
Saturday of the event, Dolce & Gabbana unveiled their new quilted silk trousers – a day before Giorgio Armani unveiled his
own… erm, quilted silk trousers. A rattled Armani claimed that D&G had copied his technique, telling reporters, “now they copy,
later they will learn.” D&G refuted the allegation, swiping back, “For sure we have much to learn - but certainly not from him.
[Armani] has never been a source of inspiration for us and we stopped seeing his shows years ago.” Miaow!
OUTSPOKEN:
CHRIS BASIURSKI
THE GAY FOOTBALL
SUPPORTERS’ NETWORK
(WWW.GFSN.ORG.UK)
SPOKESMAN GIVES HIS
TAKE ON HOMOPHOBIA
IN THE NATIONAL GAME
– AND CURRENT INITIATIVES TO TACKLE IT.
“12 GAY PREM FOOTIE STARS OUTED” screamed a headline
in the Daily Star last October, going on to say that Paul
Elliott, the former Chelsea player and current FA Equalities
Ambassador, knew of 12 gay players who were too afraid
to come out. It made a good headline, but it did not tell the
actual story. Elliott was suggesting that statistically there
were likely to be
about a dozen
players who were
in the closet, but
he didn’t indicate
that he knew who ONLY ONE
they were.
PROFESSIONAL
This is the
world we live in FOOTBALL PLAYER
– a world of media HAS EVER COME
sensationalism,
innuendo and a OUT – JUSTIN
sport obsessed
FASHANU
with the issue,
without actually
being grown up
about it. Twelve
supporters were recently charged with indecent chanting at
Sol Campbell. One has since been convicted but claimed in
his defence that he wasn’t being racist – as if that made it
OK to suggest Campbell had HIV.
The Gay Football Supporters’ Network is attempting to
change attitudes in football. We are a national organisation,
which hosts the world’s only gay and gay-friendly national
league and are working to provide a safe and tolerant
environment in football at all levels of the game, so that if
someone wanted to come out, they could do so without
fear of prejudice or discrimination.
It’s not an easy task, but we have some allies. The FA has set
up the Tackling Homophobia in Football Working Group, in
which the GFSN takes a leading role; and the KickItOut
Campaign (formerly Kick Racism Out) provides us with
much needed advice and assistance. KickItOut has also
amended its equality standards, which are the benchmarks
it sets for the professional clubs, to include homophobia
along with other forms of discrimination.
In 2007, the GFSN set up a join initiative with The FA to
appoint volunteer liaison officers between the GFSN and the
professional clubs, to help and advise the clubs on dealing
with instances of homophobia and to help integrate and
promote the gay footballing community into the wider
footballing community.
Only one professional football player has ever come out
– Justin Fashanu, whose footballing career nosedived
afterwards. He subsequently suffered depression and
committed suicide. One of the GFSN’s teams, Brighton
Bandits FC, has set up a memorial campaign for Justin and
is hosting a Football Festival on 7 March 2009 to highlight
the fight against homophobia in football and recognise that
the footballing world needs to take some responsibility for
the tragic events of his life.
It must not be allowed to happen again.
Gay Football Supporters’ Network: www.gfsn.org.uk
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NEWS FLASHES
NEWS
GAY RELATIONSHIPS UNSTABLE CLAIM
SCOTTISH CATHOLICS
The decision by Edinburgh City Council to place two children
in the adoptive care of a gay couple – after deciding that the
children’s grandparents were not the most suitable people
to raise the children – has provoked condemnation from the
Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. “There is an overwhelming
body of evidence showing that same-sex relationships are
inherently unstable and reduce the life expectancy of those
involved,” Church spokesman Peter Kearney controversially told
the Daily Mail.
Representatives of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland
have often denounced the rights of LGBT people in the past.
The Bishop of Motherwell, Jim Devine, claimed last year that
the “gay lobby” attends Holocaust memorials, “To create for
themselves the image of a group of people under persecution.
The homosexual lobby has been extremely effective in aligning
itself with minority groups. It is ever present at the service each
year for the Holocaust memorial, as if to create for themselves
the image of a group of people under persecution.”
SOHO REVUE CLOSES
The Soho Revue Bar has become the latest victim of the ongoing
credit crunch. The historic venue has been running as a cabaret
bar and late-night haunt for many years, and was relaunched
as the Soho Revue Bar in 2005. However, the business went
into administration last March. According to a former member
of staff, the business was allowed to continue trading while a
new buyer was sought. However, none were forthcoming, and
following a particularly quiet January, the decision was made
to close the doors.
BRIGHTON
WINTER
PRIDE
The 6th Brighton
Winter Pride
festival runs
7-15 March
2009. Venues,
community groups, individuals and organisations will celebrate
LGBT lives by staging a range of events throughout the city. Last
year’s programme even included an impromptu naked sea swim
(pictured)! More details at www.brightonpride.org.
WALK FOR LIFE NAMES DATE
HIV/AIDS charity Crusaid has confirmed the time and place for
its 2009 Walk for Life - its main annual fundraising event. It
will take place on Sunday 7 June 2009. Last year, thousands of
people did the 10k walk around London’s iconic sights to raise
over £300k. For more details email [email protected] or
check www.crusaid.org.uk
NEW MET CHIEF BRINGS DOWN GAY FLAG
An allegedly “livid” Sir Paul Stevenson, the new head of
London’s Metropolitan Police Service, has ordered the removal
of a rainbow flag flying outside Limehouse police station to
mark the start of LGBT History Month – reportedly on the
grounds that he did not wish the service to “stray into political
territory”, despite the Met supporting the Month in other ways.
LONDON TEEN PLEADS GUILTY TO GAY
MANSLAUGHTER
19-year old David Smith from Bexley in Kent has admitted the
manslaughter of 61-year-old retired lorry driver, Ronald Dixon,
in south east London last May, in a homophobic attack.
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kitchen and separate bathroom,
with laminate flooring and
plenty of storage units. Situated
within walking distance of
Kentish Town High Street.
Foxtons: 020 7424 6000
These homes are built around
a courtyard, with 18 one-bed
apartments and four studios
(left). Built by Pocket Homes,
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shared-ownership basis by those
on a household income of up to
£60,000 per year.
Savills: 020 7472 5000
THE TORRIANO PUB
TORRIANO AVENUE, NW5
For many years an oldfashioned community
boozer, still going strong
after a recent conversion.
THE FORUM,
HIGHGATE ROAD, NW5
A large, famed music venue.
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plays host to shows from the
likes of Doves, Sparks and
Animal Collective.
PRIMROSE HILL
NW3
Boasting one of the very best
views of London, a climb up
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exercise!
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TORD BOONTJE
This striking range of lights is
new in at Dutch by Design. A
stunning futuristic take on natural
forms, the lights are available in a
selection of different styles. They
are made of etched metal sheets
and are packaged flat.
RRP £65
www.dutchbydesign.com
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02 ZIKMU PARROT SPEAKERS
| PHILIPPE STARCK
We do love Philippe Starck designs
so were very interested to hear
that he’d recently created some
wireless stereo speakers for Parrot.
The ‘Zikmu’ speakers stand 75cm
tall, and are compatible with
iPod/iPhone or your computer (PC
and Mac) via Wi-Fi connection. .
RRP £1,200
www.parrotshopping.com
03 GLASS CHAIR |
ROB HASSALL
Up and coming British designer
Rob Hassall has created a
collection of impressive glass
furniture that will bring a touch or
modernity to any room. Choose
from a dining table, coffee table,
plasma TV stand, CD rack and this
dining chair. Or, the company will
take on private commissions.
RRP £999
www.robhalsalldesign.com
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CONRAN SHOP
On first glance it may appear to be
just one table, but look closer and
you’ll find that the snakelike nest
of legs un-entwines to produce a
set of three different-sized pieces.
Cherry veneer tops rest on solid,
stained-beech frames.
05 EXTRA LARGE FLORAL
WALL CLOCK | DWELL
We think this gorgeous flowerthemed clock would look great
alongside the Future Flora lights
from Dutch by Design. Made
of plastic with metal hands, it
measures a generous 75cm in
diameter.
RRP £650
www.conranshop.co.uk
RRP £115
www.dwell.co.uk
06 RAITA BENCH | DURAT
DURAT is a solid polyester based
material. It contains recycled
plastics and is itself 100%
recyclable. The Durat design
company produce a wide range
of furniture from this recycled
material, such as this bench, by
designer Eeva Lithovius. Check the
website for further tables, chairs,
basins, baths and shower trays.
www.durat.com
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07 CUNARD 2 DRAWER CHEST
| ECCO TRADING
This attractive oval chest is
finished in teak veneer, with the
optional addition of a removable
mirrored top. A definite nod
towards ‘30s and ‘40s style is
combined with a truly modern,
streamlined shape.
RRP £425
www.eccotrading.com
08 MINI MEASURING JUG SET
| JOHN LEWIS
This dainty little set of jugs from
the John Lewis Easter collection
would look ideal in any pastelschemed, retro-style kitchen. Use
them alongside some other gems
from the same collection, like the
gorgeous Polka Dot Recipe Book
and the Pink Vintage Scales.
RRP £4.85
www.johnlewis.co.uk
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I am interested in becoming a sperm donor and
registering with a clinic but I am concerned about
the new laws allowing offspring to contact me
when they reach the age of 18. Can they make any
claims against my estate?
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DEAR HG,
Around 2,000 children are born every year in the UK using
donated eggs, sperm or embryos. In April 2005, the law
surrounding donating sperm, eggs or embryos was altered
removing the right of the donor to anonymity. Following this
significant change, which some donors felt exposed them to
the possibility of having to support enumerable off-spring
created from their sperm or eggs, the Human Fertilisation
and Embryology Authority was set up being a statutory
body whose remit is to license and monitor UK clinics that
offer IVF (in vitro fertilisation) and DI (donor insemination)
treatments, and all UK-based research into human embryos
– including regulation overseeing the storage of eggs, sperm
and embryos.
If you go to a clinic licensed by this authority you will have
no need to worry, as you will be fully protected against any
future children making claims upon you.
However, you will be entitled to know a little about the
children you help to create. Details that you can find out
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include how many children have been created (as you will
be donating after 2005 the maximum permitted from one
donation is, at present, ten). You are also entitled to know
the gender and the year of birth.
Children born from your donation will also be able to
contact the HFEA when they reach the age of 18 and ask for
information about you, but donors using a clinic registered
with the HFEA are protected by the Human Fertilisation &
Embryology Act 1990 from any attempt to make a claim
either for maintenance or against your estate.
For further advice, call Gay Lawyers on 0870-0427 631 or check
www.gaylawyers.co.uk - or email Gabriele Giambrone at
[email protected]
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23 AUG-22 SEP
VIRGO
As embarrassing as it might
feel, you may need to ask some
questions about sex. If you’re
finding that it’s not exactly
as good as it could be, you
need to find out how it can be
improved. Just listening out for
that pleasured grunt isn’t good
enough - you might need to ask
for an appraisal.
23 SEP-22 OCT
23 OCT-21 NOV
PISCES
LIBRA
Liza Minnelli
12.03.46
Times may seem a little bleak
Libra and you’ve had some
tough breaks recently, but try
and balance them out with the
positive things that come along.
Don’t let yourself get dragged
under by the weight of the
world – because as much as you
may sometimes feel it, you’re
not alone.
One of our most
treasured gay icons,
poor Liza had not had
the easiest of lives, but
she somehow always
manages to bounce
back. Pisceans are
naturally adaptable,
compassionate and
accepting, but can
also be oversensitive,
indecisive and escapist.
Here’s hoping Ms
Minnelli continues to
dazzle for many more
birthdays to come.
22 DEC-19 JAN
A romantic whirlwind
threatens to lift you off your
feet. Although exciting,
don’t become obsessive or focus entirely on this new passion
– particularly to the detriment of everything and everyone else
around you. Be sure to introduce your new love to your friends
– don’t alienate those who already love you.
CAPRICORN
SCORPIO
SAGITTARIUS
Be wary of being misunderstood
Scorpio – all it takes is for the
wrong thing to be said and you
risk an avalanche of bad feelings
raining down upon you. Be
careful to express yourself with
clarity – both at home and at
work. There is opportunity to
progress in unexpected direction
if you are able to express yourself.
Watch you don’t lose sight of
the person you are and become
over-confident and – in essence
– a tosser. Sorry if that’s harsh,
but it’s for your own good. Don’t
become arrogant or a loudmouthed bully. Behind your back
people are starting to turn away
from you and you’re getting a
reputation.
20 JAN-18 FEB
All of a sudden you seem
too much to do and
AQUARIUS tonothave
enough hours in the day
– and you’re finding yourself getting a little more stressed than is
comfortable! Make sure you prioritise and work on what’s really
important. As much as you want to please everyone else, you must
put your own mental, physical and emotional wellbeing first.
19 FEB-20 MAR
21 MAR-19 APR
20 APR-20 MAY
21 MAY-21 JUN
22 JUN-22 JUL
23 JUL-22 AUG
PISCES
ARIES
TAURUS
GEMINI
CANCER
LEO
Donning blinkers and blithely
presuming that you know
what’s best just because you’re
reasonably intelligent is going
to end in disaster. Keep your
ears open and be prepared to
and listen to other people’s
advice. You’re not an expert on
everything. Try to learn from
other’s mistakes.
22 NOV-21 DEC
Be very cautious about money
this month Aries – there may be
some financially slippery times
ahead. It would be prudent
to cut down on spending and
stick some money away for a
rainy day. That old cliché about
counting your pennies and
allowing the pounds to take care
of themselves is very true.
Stop double guessing your
current partner. It doesn’t make
you observant and clever but
simply twitchy and paranoid.
Give him a little breathing space
and try to be more relaxed
within the relationship. Instead
of showing the real you they’re
seeing a side of your personality
that isn’t hugely attractive.
When was the last time
you had a real holiday? You
desperately need a break from
the endless, mundanity of work
that has become your life. It
doesn’t have to be two weeks in
Florida – something as simple
as visiting a friend or just a
week off in front of the telly will
do you the world of good.
Make more time for your
friends Cancer. Set aside a
couple of nights where you
all catch up and discover
what’s been happening in
each other’s lives. Friends are
not just there for emergencies
and big occasions – they also
help you make sense of this
frustrating world.
Relying on others can sometimes
prove to be risky and frustrating
– take more responsibility and
develop your independence. It
might require some organization
and it may be time consuming,
but the time is right to use your
initiative and to put into motion
some of your more adventurous
ideas and schemes.
!
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